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3. (Law)

Defn: Anything of an accessory character annexed to houses and lands, so as to constitute a part of them. This term is, however, quite frequently used in the peculiar sense of personal chattels annexed to lands and tenements, but removable by the person annexing them, or his personal representatives. In this latter sense, the same things may be fixtures under some circumstances, and not fixtures under others. Wharton (Law Dict. ). Bouvier.

Note: This word is frequently substituted for fixure (formerly the word in common use) in new editions of old works.

FIXURE Fix"ure, n. Etym: [L. fixura a fastening, fr. figere to fix. See Fix, and cf. Fixture.]

Defn: Fixed position; stable condition; firmness. [Obs.] Shak.

FIZGIG
Fiz"gig`, n.

Defn: A fishing spear. [Obs.] Sandys.

FIZGIG
Fiz"gig`, n. Etym: [Fizz + gig whirling thing.]

Defn: A firework, made of damp powder, which makes a fizzing or hissing noise when it explodes.

FIZGIG
Fiz"gig`, n. Etym: [See Gig a flirt.]

Defn: A gadding, flirting girl. Gosson.

FIZZ
Fizz, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzing.] Etym:
[Cf. Icel. fisa to break wind, Dan. fise to foist, fizzle, OSw. fisa,
G. fisten, feisten. Cf. Foist.]

Defn: To make a hissing sound, as a burning fuse.

FIZZ
Fizz, n.

Defn: A hising sound; as, the fizz of a fly.

FIZZLE
Fiz"zle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fizzled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fizzling.]
Etym: [See Fizz.]

1. To make a hissing sound. It is the easfizzling. B. Jonson.

2. To make a ridiculous failure in an undertaking. [Colloq. or Low] To fizzle out, to burn with a hissing noise and then go out, like wet gunpowder; hence, to fail completely and ridicuously; to prove a failure. [Colloq.]

FIZZLE
Fiz"zle, n.

Defn: A failure or abortive effort. [Colloq.]

FJORD
Fjord, n.

Defn: See Fiord.

FLABBERGAST
Flab"ber*gast, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Flap, and Aghast.]

Defn: To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [Jocular] Beaconsfield.

FLABBERGASTATION
Flab`ber*gas*ta"tion, n.

Defn: The state of being flabbergasted. [Jocular] London Punch.

FLABBILY
Flab"bi*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flabby manner.

FLABBINESS
Flab"bi*ness, n.

Defn: Quality or state of being flabby.

FLABBY
Flab"by, a. Etym: [See Flap.]

Defn: Yielding to the touch, and easily moved or shaken; hanging loose by its own weight; wanting firmness; flaccid; as, flabby flesh.

FLABEL Fla"bel, n. Etym: [L. flabellum a fan, dim. of flabrum a breeze, fr. flare to blow.]

Defn: A fan. [Obs.] Huloet.

FLABELLATE Fla*bel"late, a. Etym: [L. flabellatus, p.p. of flabellare to fan, fr. flabellum. See Flabbel.] (Bot.)

Defn: Flabelliform.

FLABELLATION
Flab`el*la"tion, n.

Defn: The act of keeping fractured limbs cool by the use of a fan or some other contrivance. Dunglison.

FLABELLIFORM Fla*bel"li*form, a. Etym: [L. flabellum a fan + -fform: cf. F. flabeliforme.]

Defn: Having the form of a fan; fan-shaped; flabellate.

FLABELLINERVED
Fla*bel"li*nerved`, a. Etym: [L. flabellum a fan + E. nerve.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having many nerves diverging radiately from the base; — said of a leaf.

FLABELLUM
Fla*bel"lum, n. Etym: [L. See Flabel.] (Eccl.)

Defn: A fan; especially, the fan carried before the pope on state occasions, made in ostrich and peacock feathers. Shipley.

FLABILE
Flab"ile, a. Etym: [L. flabilis.]

Defn: Liable to be blown about. Bailey.

FLACCID Flac"cid, a. Etym: [L. flaccidus, fr. flaccus flabby: cf. OF. flaccide.]

Defn: Yielding to pressure for want of firmness and stiffness; soft
and weak; limber; lax; drooping; flabby; as, a flaccid muscle;
flaccid flesh.
Religious profession . . . has become flacced. I. Taylor.
— Flac"cid*ly, adv.
— Flac"cid*ness, n.

FLACCIDITY
Flac*cid"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flaccidité.]

Defn: The state of being flaccid.

FLACHERIE
Flache`rie" (flash`re"), n. [F.]

Defn: A bacterial disease of silkworms, supposed to be due to eating contaminated mulberry leaves.

FLACKER Flack"er, v. i. Etym: [OE. flakeren, fr. flacken to move quickly to and fro; cf. icel. flakka to rove about, AS. flacor fluttering, flying, G. flackern to flare, flicker.]

Defn: To flutter, as a bird. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

FLACKET Flack"et, n. Etym: [OF. flasquet little flask, dim. of flasque a flask.]

Defn: A barrel-shaped bottle; a flagon.

FLACON
Fla"con (fla"kôn), n. [F. See Flagon.]

Defn: A small glass bottle; as, a flacon for perfume. "Two glass flacons for the ink." Longfellow.

FLAG
Flag, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagging.] Etym:
[Cf. Icel. flaka to droop, hang loosely. Cf. Flacker, Flag an
ensign.]

1. To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp. As loose it [the sail] flagged around the mast. T. Moore.

2. To droop; to grow spiritless; to lose vigor; to languish; as, the spirits flag; the streugth flags. The pleasures of the town begin to flag. Swift.

Syn.
— To droop; decline; fail; languish; pine.

FLAG
Flag, v. t.

1. To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness; as, to flag the wings. prior.

2. To enervate; to exhaust the vigor or elasticity of. Nothing so flags the spirits. Echard.

FLAG
Flag, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. & G. flagge, Sw. flagg, Dan. flag, D. vlag.
See Flag to hang loose.]

1. That which flags or hangs down loosely.

2. A cloth usually bearing a device or devices and used to indicate nationality, party, etc., or to give or ask information; — commonly attached to a staff to be waved by the wind; a standard; a banner; an ensign; the colors; as, the national flag; a military or a naval flag.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) A group of feathers on the lower part of the legs of certain hawks, owls, etc. (b) A group of elongated wing feathers in certain hawks. (c) The bushy tail of a dog, as of a setter. Black flag. See under Black. — Flag captain, Flag leutenant, etc., special officers attached to the flagship, as aids to the flag officer. — Flag officer, the commander of a fleet or squadron; an admiral, or commodore. — Flag of truse, a white flag carried or displayed to an enemy, as an invitation to conference, or for the purpose of making some communication not hostile. — Flag share, the flag officer's share of prize money. — Flag station (Railroad), a station at which trains do not stop unless signaled to do so, by a flag hung out or waved. — National flag, a flag of a particular country, on which some national emblem or device, is emblazoned. — Red flag, a flag of a red color, displayed as a signal of danger or token of defiance; the emblem of anarchists. — To dip, the flag, to mlower it and quickly restore it to its place; — done as a mark of respect. — To hang out the white flag, to ask truce or quarter, or, in some cases, to manifest a friendly design by exhibiting a white flag. — To hang the flag half-mast high or half-staff, to raise it only half way to the mast or staff, as a token or sign of mourning. — To strike, or lower, the flag, to haul it down, in token of respect, submission, or, in an engagement, of surrender. — Yellow flag, the quarantine flag of all nations; also carried at a vessel's fore, to denote that an infectious disease is on board.

FLAG
Flag, v. t. Etym: [From Flag an ensign.]

1. To signal to with a flag; as, to flag a train.

2. To convey, as a message, by means of flag signals; as, to flag an order to troops or vessels at a distance.

FLAG
Flag, n. Etym: [From Flag to hang loose, to bend down.] (Bot.)

Defn: An aquatic plant, with long, ensiform leaves, belonging to
either of the genera Iris and Acorus. Cooper's flag, the cat-tail
(Typha latifolia), the long leaves of which are placed between the
staves of barrels to make the latter water-tight.
— Corn flag. See under 2d Corn.
— Flag broom, a coarse of broom, originally made of flags or
rushes.
— Flag root, the root of the sweet flag.
— Sweet flag. See Calamus, n., 2.

FLAG
Flag, v. t.

Defn: To furnish or deck out with flags.

FLAG Flag, n. Etym: [Icel. flaga, cf. Icel. flag spot where a turf has been cut out, and E. flake layer, scale. Cf. Floe.]

1. A flat stone used for paving. Woodward.

2. (Geol.)

Defn: Any hard, evenly stratified sandstone, which splits into layers suitable for flagstones.

FLAG
Flag, v. t.

Defn: To lay with flags of flat stones.
The sides and floor are all flagged with . . . marble. Sandys.

FLAGELLANT Flag"el*lant, n. Etym: [L. flagellans, p.p. of flagellare: cf.F. flagellant. See Flagellate.] (Eccl. Hist.)

Defn: One of a fanatical sect which flourished in Europe in the 13th and 14th centuries, and maintained that flagellation was of equal virtue with baptism and the sacrament; — called also disciplinant.

FLAGELLATA
Flag`el*la"ta, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr.L. flagellatus, p. p. See
Flagellate, v. t.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An order of Infusoria, having one or two long, whiplike cilia, at the anterior end. It includes monads. See Infusoria, and Monad.

FLAGELLATE Flag"el*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flagellated; p. pr. & vb. n. Flagellating.] Etym: [L. flagellatus, p.p. of flagellare to scoure, fr. flagellum whip, dim. of flagrum whip, scoure; cf. fligere to strike. Cf. Flall.]

Defn: To whip; to scourge; to flog.

FLAGELLATE
Fla*gel"late, a.

1. Flagelliform.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the Flagellata.

FLAGELLATION
Flag`el*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. flagellatio: cf. F. flagellation.]

Defn: A beating or flogging; a whipping; a scourging. Garth.

FLAGELLATOR
Flag"el*la`tor, n.

Defn: One who practices flagellation; one who whips or scourges.

FLAGELLIFORM
Fla*gel"li*form, a. Etym: [L. flagellum a whip + -form.]

Defn: Shaped like a whiplash; long, slender, round, flexible, and (comming) tapering.

FLAGELLUM
Fla*gel"lum, n.; pl. E. Flagellums, L. Flagella. Etym: [L., a whip.
See Flagellate, v. t.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) A long, whiplike cilium. See Flagellata. (b) An appendage of the reproductive apparatus of the snail. (c) A lashlike appendage of a crustacean, esp. the terminal ortion of the antennæ and the epipodite of the maxilipeds. See Maxilliped.

FLAGEOLET
Flag"eo*let`, n. Etym: [F. flageolet, dim. of OF. flaj (as if fr. a
LL. flautio;us), of flaüte, flahute, F. fl. See Flute.] (Mus.)

Defn: A small wooden pipe, having six or more holes, and a mouthpiece inserted at one end. It produces a shrill sound, softer than of the piccolo flute, and is said to have superseded the old recorder. Flageolet tones (Mus.), the naturel harmonics or overtones of stringed instruments.

FLAGGINESS
Flag"gi*ness, n.

Defn: The condition of being flaggy; laxity; limberness. Johnson.

FLAGGING
Flag"ging, n.

Defn: A pavement or sidewalk of flagstones; flagstones, collectively.

FLAGGING
Flag"ging, a.

Defn: Growing languid, weak, or spiritless; weakening; delaying.
— Flag"ging*ly, adv.

FLAGGY
Flag"gy, a.

1. Weak; flexible; limber. "Flaggy wings." Spenser.

2. Tasteless; insipid; as, a flaggy apple. [Obs.] Bacon.

FLAGGY
Flag"gy, a. Etym: [From 5th Flag.]

Defn: Abounding with the plant called flag; as, a flaggy marsh.

FLAGITATE
Flag"i*tate, v. t. Etym: [L. flagitatus, p.p. of flagitare to demand.
See Flagitious.]

Defn: To importune; to demand fiercely or with passion. [Archaic]
Carcyle.

FLAGITATION
Flag`i*ta"tion, n. Etym: [L. flagitatio.]

Defn: Importunity; urgent demand. [Archaic] Carlyle.

FLAGITIOUS Fla*gi"tious, a. Etym: [L. flagitiosus, fr. flagitium a shameful or disgraceful act, orig., a burning desire, heat of passion, from flagitare to demand hotly, fiercely; cf. flagrare to burn, E. flagrant.]

1. Disgracefully or shamefully criminal; grossly wicked; scandalous; shameful; — said of acts, crimes, etc. Debauched principles and flagitious practices. I. Taylor.

2. Guilty of enormous crimes; corrupt; profligate; — said of persons. Pope.

3. Characterized by scandalous crimes or vices; as, flagitious times. Pope.

Syn.
— Atrocious; villainous; flagrant; heinous; corrupt; profligate;
abandoned. See Atracious.
— Fla*gi"tious*ly, adv.
— Fla*gi"tious*ness, n.
A sentence so flagitiously unjust. Macaulay.

FLAGMAN
Flag"man, n.; pl. Flagmen (.

Defn: One who makes signals with a flag.

FLAGON Flag"on, n. Etym: [F. flacon, for flascon, fr. OF. flasche, from LL. flasco. See Flask.]

Defn: A vessel with a narrow mouth, used for holding and conveying liquors. It is generally larger than a bottle, and of leather or stoneware rather than of glass. A trencher of mutton chops, and a flagon of ale. Macaulay.

FLAGRANCE
Fla"grance, n.

Defn: Flagrancy. Bp. Hall.

FLAGRANCY
Fla"gran*cy, n.; pl. Flagrancies. Etym: [L. flagrantia a burning. See
Flagrant.]

1. A burning; great heat; inflammation. [Obs.] Lust causeth a flagrancy in the eyes. Bacon.

2. The condition or quality of being flagrant; atrocity; heiniousness; enormity; excess. Steele.

FLAGRANT Fla"grant, a. Etym: [L. flagrans, -antis, p.pr. of flagrate to burn, akin to Gr. flagrant. Cf. Flame, Phlox.]

1. Flaming; inflamed; glowing; burning; ardent.
The beadle's lash still flagrant on their back. Prior.
A young man yet flagrant from the lash of the executioner or the
beadle. De Quincey.
Flagrant desires and affections. Hooker.

2. Actually in preparation, execution, or performance; carried on hotly; raging. A war the most powerful of the native tribes was flagrant. Palfrey.

3. Flaming into notice; notorious; enormous; heinous; glaringly wicked.

Syn.
— Atrocious; flagitious; glaring. See Atrocious.

FLAGRANTLY
Fla"grant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flagrant manner.

FLAGRATE
Fla"grate, v. t. Etym: [L. flagrare, flagratum, v.i. & t., to burn.]

Defn: To burn. [Obs.] Greenhill.

FLAGRATION
Fla*gra"tion, n.

Defn: A conflagration. [Obs.]

FLAGSHIP
Flag"ship`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.

FLAGSTAFF
Flag"staff`, n.; pl. -staves ( or -staffs (.

Defn: A staff on which a flag is hoisted.

FLAGSTONE
Flag"stone`, n.

Defn: A flat stone used in paving, or any rock which will split into such stones. See Flag, a stone.

FLAGWORM
Flag"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A worm or grub found among flags and sedge.

FLAIL Flail, n. Etym: [L. flagellum whip, scourge, in LL., a threshing flail: cf. OF. flael, flaiel, F. fléau. See Flagellum.]

1. An instrument for threshing or beating grain from the ear by hand, consisting of a wooden staff or handle, at the end of which a stouter and shorter pole or club, called a swipe, is so hung as to swing freely. His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn. Milton.

2. An ancient military weapon, like the common flail, often having the striking part armed with rows of spikes, or loaded. Fairholt. No citizen thought himself safe unless he carried under his coat a small flail, loaded with lead, to brain the Popish assassins. Macaulay.

FLAILY
Flail"y, a.

Defn: Acting like a flail. [Obs.] Vicars.

FLAIN
Flain, obs.

Defn: p. p. of Flay. Chaucer.

FLAIR
Flair (flâr), n. [OE. flaireodor, fr. OF. & F. flair, fr. OF.
flairier, F. flairer, to smell, LL. flagrare for L. fragrare. See
Flagrant.]

1. Smell; odor. [Obs.]

2. Sense of smell; scent; fig., discriminating sense.

FLAKE
Flake, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. flaki, fleki, Dan. flage, D. vlaak.]

1. A paling; a hurdle. [prov. Eng.]

2. A platform of hurdles, or small sticks made fast or interwoven, supported by stanchions, for drying codfish and other things. You shall also, after they be ripe, neither suffer them to have straw nor fern under them, but lay them either upon some smooth table, boards, or flakes of wands, and they will last the longer. English Husbandman.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: A small stage hung over a vessel's side, for workmen to stand on in calking, etc.

FLAKE
Flake, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. flakna to flake off, split, flagna to
flake off, Sw. flaga flaw, flake, flake plate, Dan. flage snowflake.
Cf. Flag a flat stone.]

1. A loose filmy mass or a thin chiplike layer of anything; a film; flock; lamina; layer; scale; as, a flake of snow, tallow, or fish. "Lottle flakes of scurf." Addison. Great flakes of ice encompassing our boat. Evelyn.

2. A little particle of lighted or incandescent matter, darted from a fire; a flash. With flakes of ruddy fire. Somerville.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: A sort of carnation with only two colors in the flower, the petals having large stripes. Flake knife (Archæol.), a cutting instrument used by savage tribes, made of a flake or chip of hard stone. Tylor. — Flake stand, the cooling tub or vessel of a still worm. Knight. — Flake white. (Paint.) (a) The purest white lead, in the form of flakes or scales. (b) The trisnitrate of bismuth. Ure.

FLAKE
Flake, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flaked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaking.]

Defn: To form into flakes. Pope.

FLAKE
Flake, v. i.

Defn: To separate in flakes; to peel or scale off.

FLAKINESS
Flak"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being flaky.

FLAKY
Flak"y, a.

Defn: Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or
cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.
What showers of mortal hail, what flaky fires! Watts.
A flaky weight of winter's purest snows. Wordsworth.

FLAM
Flam, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. fleám, fl, floght. sq. root 84 . Cf.
Flimflam.]

Defn: A freak or whim; also, a falsehood; a lie; an illusory pretext; deception; delusion. [Obs.] A perpetual abuse and flam upon posterity. South.

FLAM
Flam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flammed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Flamming.]

Defn: To deceive with a falsehood. [Obs.]
God is not to be flammed off with lies. South.

FLAMBE Flam`bé", a. [F., p.p. of flamber to singe, pass (a thing) through flame. Cf. Flambeau.] (Ceramics)

Defn: Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides; — said of pieces of Chinese porcelain.

FLAMBEAU Flam"beau; n.; pl. Flambeaux or Flambeaus. Etym: [F., fr. OF. flambe flame, for flamble, from L. flammula a little flame, dim. of flamma flame. See Flame.]

Defn: A flaming torch, esp. one made by combining together a number of thick wicks invested with a quick-burning substance (anciently, perhaps, wax; in modern times, pitch or the like); hence, any torch.

FLAMBOYANT
Flam*boy"ant, a. Etym: [F.] (Arch.)

Defn: Characterized by waving or flamelike curves, as in the tracery of windows, etc.; — said of the later (15th century) French Gothic style.

FLAMBOYER
Flam*boy"er, n. Etym: [F. flamboyer to be bright.] (Bot.)

Defn: A name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.

FLAME
Flame, n. Etym: [OE. flame, flaume, flaumbe, OF. flame, flambe, F.
flamme, fr. L. flamma, fr. flamma, fr. flagrare to burn. See
Flagrant, and cf. Flamneau, Flamingo.]

1. A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire.

2. Burning zeal or passion; elevated and noble enthusiasm; glowing imagination; passionate excitement or anger. "In a flame of zeal severe." Milton. Where flames refin'd in breasts seraphic glow. Pope. Smit with the love of sister arts we came, And met congenial, mingling flame with flame. Pope.

3. Ardor of affection; the passion of love. Coleridge.

4. A person beloved; a sweetheart. Thackeray.

Syn. — Blaze; brightness; ardor. See Blaze. Flame bridge, a bridge wall. See Bridge, n., 5. — Flame color, brilliant orange or yellow. B. Jonson. — Flame engine, an early name for the gas engine. — Flame manometer, an instrument, invented by Koenig, to obtain graphic representation of the action of the human vocal organs. See Manometer. — Flame reaction (Chem.), a method of testing for the presence of certain elements by the characteristic color imparted to a flame; as, sodium colors a flame yellow, potassium violet, lithium crimson, boracic acid green, etc. Cf. Spectrum analysis, under Spectrum. — Flame tree (Bot.), a tree with showy scarlet flowers, as the Rhododendron arboreum in India, and the Brachychiton acerifolium of Australia.

FLAME
Flame, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaming.] Etym:
[OE. flamen, flaumben, F. flamber, OF. also, flamer. See Flame, n.]

1. To burn with a flame or blaze; to burn as gas emitted from bodies in combustion; to blaze. The main blaze of it is past, but a small thing would make it flame again. Shak.

2. To burst forth like flame; to break out in violence of passion; to be kindled with zeal or ardor. He flamed with indignation. Macaulay.

FLAME
Flame, v. t.

Defn: To kindle; to inflame; to excite.
And flamed with zeal of vengeance inwardly. Spenser.

FLAME-COLORED
Flame"-col`ored, a.

Defn: Of the color of flame; of a bright orange yellow color. Shak.

FLAMELESS
Flame"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of flame. Sandys.

FLAMELET
Flame"let, n. Etym: [Flame + -let.]

Defn: A small flame.
The flamelets gleamed and flickered. Longfellow.

FLAMEN
Fla"men, n.; pl. E. Flammens, L. Flamines. Etym: [L.] (Rom. Antiq.)

Defn: A priest devoted to the service of a particular god, from whom
he received a distinguishing epithet. The most honored were those of
Jupiter, Mars, and Quirinus, called respectively Flamen Dialis,
Flamen Martialis, and Flamen Quirinalis.
Affrights the flamens at their service quaint. Milton.

FLAMINEOUS
Fla*min"e*ous, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a flamen; flaminical.

FLAMING
Flam"ing, a.

1. Emitting flames; afire; blazing; consuming; illuminating.

2. Of the color of flame; high-colored; brilliant; dazzling. "In flaming yellow bright." Prior.

3. Ardent; passionate; burning with zeal; irrepressibly earnest; as, a flaming proclomation or harangue.

FLAMINGLY
Flam"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flaming manner.

FLAMINGO
Fla*min"go, n.; pl. Flamingoes. Etym: [Sp. flamenco, cf. Pg.
flamingo, Prov. flammant, F. flamant; prop. a p.pr. meaning flaming.
So called in allusion to its color. See Flame.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird of the genus Phoenicopterus. The flamingoes have webbed feet, very long legs, and a beak bent down as if broken. Their color is usually red or pink. The American flamingo is P. ruber; the European is P. antiquorum.

FLAMINICAL
Fla*min"i*cal, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a flamen. Milton.

FLAMMABILITY
Flam`ma*bil"ity, n.

Defn: The quality of being flammable; inflammability. [Obs.] Sir T.
Browne.

FLAMMABLE
Flam"ma*ble, a.

Defn: Inflammable. [Obs.]

FLAMMATION
Flam*ma"tion, n.

Defn: The act of setting in a flame or blaze. [Obs.] Sir. T. Browne.

FLAMMEOUS
Flam"me*ous, a. Etym: [L. flammeus from flamma flame.]

Defn: Pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, flame. [Obs.] Sir
T. Browne.

FLAMMIFEROUS Flam*mif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. flammifer; flamma flame + ferre to bear.]

Defn: Producing flame.

FLAMMIVOMOUS Flam*miv"o*mous, a. Etym: [L. flammivomus; flamma flame + vomere to vomit.]

Defn: Vomiting flames, as a volcano. W. Thompson. (1745).

FLAMMULATED Flam"mu*la`ted, a. Etym: [L. flammula little flame, dim. fr. flamma flame.]

Defn: Of a reddish color.

FLAMY
Flam"y, a. Etym: [From Flame.]

Defn: Flaming; blazing; flamelike; flame-colored; composed of flame.
Pope.

FLANCH Flanch, n.; pl. Flanches. Etym: [Prov. E., a projection, OF. flanche flank. See Flank.]

1. A flange. [R.]. (Her.)

Defn: A bearing consisting of a segment of a circle encroaching on the field from the side.

Note: Flanches are always in pairs. A pair of flanches is considered one of the subordinaries.

FLANCHED
Flanched, a. (Her.)

Defn: Having flanches; — said of an escutcheon with those bearings.

FLANCONADE
Flan`co*nade", n. Etym: [F.] (Fencing)

Defn: A thrust in the side.

FLANERIE
Flâ`ne*rie", n. [F. flânerie. See Flaneur.]

Defn: Lit., strolling; sauntering; hence, aimless; idleness; as, intellectual flânerie.

FLANEUR
Fla`neur", n. Etym: [F., fr. flâner to stroll.]

Defn: One who strolls about aimlessly; a lounger; a loafer.

FLANG
Flang, n.

Defn: A miner's two-pointed pick.

FLANGE
Flange, n. Etym: [Prov. E. flange to project, flanch a projection.
See Flanch, Flank.]

1. An external or internal rib, or rim, for strength, as the flange of an iron beam; or for a guide, as the flange of a car wheel (see Car wheel.); or for attachment to another object, as the flange on the end of a pipe, steam cylinder, etc. Knight.

2. A plate or ring to form a rim at the end of a pipe when fastened to the pipe. Blind flange, a plate for covering or closing the end of a pipe. — Flange joint, a joint, as that of pipes, where the connecting pieces have flanges by which the parts are bolted together. Knight. - Flange rail, a rail with a flange on one side, to keep wheels, etc. from running off. — Flange turning, the process of forming a flange on a wrought iron plate by bending and hammering it wh

FLANGE
Flange, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flanging.]
(Mach.)

Defn: To make a flange on; to furnish with a flange.

FLANGE
Flange, v. i.

Defn: To be bent into a flange.

FLANGED
Flanged, a.

Defn: Having a flange or flanges; as, a flanged wheel.

FLANK Flank, n. Etym: [F. flanc, prob. fr. L. flaccus flabby, with n inserted. Cf. Flaccid, Flanch, Flange.]

1. The fleshy or muscular part of the side of an animal, between the rids and the hip. See Illust. of Beef.

2. (Mil.) (a) The side of an army, or of any division of an army, as of a brigade, regiment, or battalion; the extreme right or left; as, to attack an enemy in flank is to attack him on the side. When to right and left the front Divided, and to either flank retired. Milton. (b) (Fort.)

Defn: That part of a bastion which reaches from the curtain to the face, and defends the curtain, the flank and face of the opposite bastion; any part of a work defending another by a fire along the outside of its parapet. See Illust. of Bastion.

3. (Arch.)

Defn: The side of any building. Brands.

4. That part of the acting surface of a gear wheel tooth that lies within the pitch line. Flank attack (Mil.), an attack upon the side of an army or body of troops, distinguished from one upon its front or rear. — Flank company (Mil.), a certain number of troops drawn up on the right or left of a battalion; usually grenadiers, light infantry, or riflemen. — Flank defense (Fort.), protection of a work against undue exposure to an enemy's direct fire, by means of the fire from other works, sweeping the ground in its front. — Flank en potence (Mil.), any part of the right or left wing formed at a projecting angle with the line. — Flank files, the first men on the right, and the last on the left, of a company, battalion, etc. — Flank march, a march made parallel or obliquely to an enemy's position, in order to turn it or to attack him on the flank. — Flank movement, a change of march by an army, or portion of one, in order to turn one or both wings of the enemy, or to take up a new position. — Flanks of a frontier, salient points in a national boundary, strengthened to protect the frontier against hostile incursion. — Flank patrol, detachments acting independently of the column of an army, but patrolling along its flanks, to secure it against surprise and to observe the movements of the enemy.

FLANK
Flank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flanked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flanking.] Etym:
[Cf. F. flanquer. See Flank, n., and cf. Flanker, v. t.]

1. To stand at the flank or side of; to border upon. Stately colonnades are flanked with trees. Pitt.

2. To overlook or command the flank of; to secure or guard the flank of; to pass around or turn the flank of; to attack, or threaten to attack; the flank of.

FLANK
Flank, v. i.

1. To border; to touch. Bp. Butler.

2. To be posted on the side.

FLANKER
Flank"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, flanks, as a skirmisher or a body of troops sent out upon the flanks of an army toguard a line of march, or a fort projecting so as to command the side of an assailing body. They threw out flankers, and endeavored to dislodge their assailants. W. Irwing.

FLANKER
Flank"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flankered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flankering.]
Etym: [See Flank, v. t.]

1. To defend by lateral fortifications. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

2. To attack sideways. [Obs.] Evelyn.

FLANNEL Flan"nel, n. Etym: [F. flanelle, cf. OF. flaine a pillowcase, a mattress; fr. W. gwlanen flannel, fr. gwlan wool; prob. akin to E. wool. Cf. Wool.]

Defn: A soft, nappy, woolen cloth, of loose texture. Shak. Adam's flannel. (Bot.) See under Adam. — Canton flannel, Cotton flannel. See Cotton flannel, under Cotton.

FLANNELED
Flan"neled, a.

Defn: Covered or wrapped in flannel.

FLANNEL FLOWER Flan"nel flow`er. (Bot.) (a) The common mullein. (b) A Brazilian apocynaceous vine (Macrosiphonia longiflora) having woolly leaves. (c) An umbelliferous Australian flower (Actinotus helianthi), often erroneously thought to be composite. The involucre looks as if cut out of white flannel.

FLANNEN
Flan"nen, a.

Defn: Made or consisting of flannel. [Obs.] "Flannen robes." Dryden.

FLAP Flap, n. Etym: [OE. flappe, flap, blow, bly-flap; cf. D. flap, and E. flap, v.]

Defn: Anything broad and limber that hangs loose, or that is attached by one side or end and is easily moved; as, the flap of a garment. A cartilaginous flap upon the opening of the larynx. Sir T. Browne.

2. A hinged leaf, as of a table or shutter.

3. The motion of anything broad and loose, or a stroke or sound made with it; as, the flap of a sail or of a wing.

4. pl. (Far.)

Defn: A disease in the lips of horses. Flap tile, a tile with a bent up portion, to turn a corner or catch a drip. — Flap valve (Mech.), a valve which opens and shuts upon one hinged side; a clack valve.

FLAP
Flap, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flapped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flapping.] Etym:
[Prob. of imitative origin; cf. D. flappen, E. flap, n., flop,
flippant, fillip.]

1. To beat with a flap; to strike. Yet let me flap this bug with gilded wings. Pope.

2. To move, as something broad and flaplike; as, to flap the wings; to let fall, as the brim of a hat. To flap in the mouth, to taunt. [Obs.] W. Cartwright.

FLAP
Flap, v. i.

1. To move as do wings, or as something broad or loose; to fly with wings beating the air. The crows flapped over by twos and threes. Lowell.

2. To fall and hang like a flap, as the brim of a hat, or other broad thing. Gay.

FLAPDRAGON
Flap"drag`on, n.

1. A game in which the players catch raisins out burning brandy, and swallow them blazing. Johnson.

2. The thing thus caught abd eaten. Johnson. Cakes and ale, and flapdragtons and mummer's plays, and all the happy sports of Christians night. C. Kingsley.

FLAPDRAGON
Flap"drag`on, v. t.

Defn: To swallow whole, as a flapdragon; to devour. [Obs.]
See how the sea flapdragoned it. Shak.

FLAP-EARED
Flap"-eared`, a.

Defn: Having broad, loose, dependent ears. Shak.

FLAPJACK
Flap"jack`, n.

1. A fklat cake turned on the griddle while cooking; a griddlecake or pacake.

2. A fried dough cake containing fruit; a turnover. [Prov. Eng.]

FLAP-MOUTHED
Flap"-mouthed`, a.

Defn: Having broad, hangling lips. [R.] Shak.

FLAPPER
Flap"per, n.

1. One who, or that which, flaps.

2. See Flipper. "The flapper of a porpoise." Buckley. Flapper skate (Zoöl.), a European skate (Raia intermedia).

FLARE
Flare, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flared; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaring.] Etym:
[Cf. Norw. flara to blaze, flame, adorn with tinsel, dial. Sw. flasa
upp, and E. flash, or flacker.]

1. To burn with an unsteady or waving flame; as, the candle flares.

2. To shine out with a sudden and unsteady light; to emit a dazzling or painfully bright light.

3. To shine out with gaudy colors; to flaunt; to be offensively bright or showy. With ribbons pendant, flaring about her head. Shak.

4. To be exosed to too much light. [Obs.] Flaring in sunshine all the day. Prior.

5. To open or spread outwards; to project beyond the perpendicular; as, the sides of a bowl flare; the bows of a ship flare. To flare up, to become suddenly heated or excited; to burst into a passion. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

FLARE
Flare, n.

1. An unsteady, broad, offensive light.

2. A spreading outward; as, the flare of a fireplace.

FLARE
Flare, n.

Defn: Leaf of lard. "Pig's flare." Dunglison.

FLARE-UP
Flare"-up`, n.

Defn: A sudden burst of anger or passion; an angry dispute. [Colloq.]

FLARING
Flar"ing, a.

1. That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. His [the sun's] flaring beams. Milton.

2. Opening or speading outwards.

FLARINGLY
Flar"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flaring manner.

FLASH
Flash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flashing.] Etym:
[Cf. OE. flaskien, vlaskien to pour, sprinkle, dial. Sw. flasa to
blaze, E. flush, flare.]

1. To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

2. To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash. Names which have flashed and thundered as the watch words of unumbered struggles. Talfourd. The object is made to flash upon the eye of the mind. M. Arnold. A thought floashed through me, which I clothed in act. Tennyson.

3. To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily. Every hour He flashes into one gross crime or other. Shak. To flash in the pan, to fail of success. [Colloq.] See under Flash, a burst of light. Bartlett.

Syn. — Flash, Glitter, Gleam, Glisten, Glister. Flash differs from glitter and gleam, denoting a flood or wide extent of light. The latter words may express the issuing of light from a small object, or from a pencil of rays. Flash differs from other words, also, in denoting suddenness of appearance and disappearance. Flashing differs from exploding or disploding in not being accompanied with a loud report. To glisten, or glister, is to shine with a soft and fitful luster, as eyes suffused with tears, or flowers wet with dew.

FLASH
Flash, v. t.

1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. Milton.

2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.

3. (Glass Making)

Defn: To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).

4. To trick up in a showy manner. Limning and flashing it with various dyes. A. Brewer.

5. Etym: [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.]

Defn: To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface;
to splash. [Obs.]
He rudely flashed the waves about. Spenser.
Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3.

FLASH
Flash, n.; pl. Flashes (.

1. A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.

2. A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary
brightness or show.
The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind. Shak.
No striking sentiment, no flash of fancy. Wirt.

3. The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. The Persians and Macedonians had it for a flash. Bacon.

4. A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. Flash light, or Flashing light, a kind of light shown by lighthouses, produced by the revolution of reflectors, so as to show a flash of light every few seconds, alternating with periods of dimness. Knight. — Flash in the pan, the flashing of the priming in the pan of a flintlock musket without discharging the piece; hence, sudden, spasmodic effort that accomplishes nothing.

FLASH
Flash, a.

1. Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.

2. Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; — applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. Flash house, a house frequented by flash people, as thieves and whores; hence, a brothel. "A gang of footpads, reveling with their favorite beauties at a flash house." Macaulay.

FLASH
Flash, n.

Defn: Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

FLASH
Flash, n. Etym: [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.]

1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] Haliwell.

2. (Engineering)

Defn: A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. Flash wheel (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level.

FLASHBOARD
Flash"board`, n.

Defn: A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.]

FLASH BOILER
Flash boiler.

Defn: A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of strong tubes with very little water space, kept nearly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated.

FLASH BURNER
Flash burner.

Defn: A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.

FLASHER
Flash"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, flashes.

2. A man of more appearance of wit than reality.

3. (Zoöl.) (a) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis). (b) The European red-backed shrile (Lanius collurio); — called also flusher.

FLASHILY
Flash"i*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flashy manner; with empty show.

FLASHINESS
Flash"i*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being flashy.

FLASHING
Flash"ing, n.

1. (Engineering)

Defn: The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; — called also flushing.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.

3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. Knight. Flashing point (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100º F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor.

FLASHY
Flash"y, a.

1. Dazzling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow.

2. Fiery; vehement; impetuous. A temper always flashy. Burke.

3. Showy; gay; gaudy; as, a flashy dress.

4. Without taste or spirit. Lean and flashy songs. Milton.

FLASK
Flask, n. Etym: [AS. flasce, flaxe; akin to D. flesch, OHG. flasca,
G. flasche, Icel. & Sw. flaska, Dan. flaske, OF. flasche, LL. flasca,
flasco; of uncertain origin; cf. L. vasculum, dim. of vas a vessel,
Gr. Flagon, Flasket.]

1. A small bottle-shaped vessel for holding fluids; as, a flask of oil or wine.

2. A narrow-necked vessel of metal or glass, used for various purposes; as of sheet metal, to carry gunpowder in; or of wrought iron, to contain quicksilver; or of glass, to heat water in, etc.

3. A bed in a gun carriage. [Obs.] Bailey.

4. (Founding)

Defn: The wooden or iron frame which holds the sand, etc., forming the mold used in a foundry; it consists of two or more parts; viz., the cope or top; sometimes, the cheeks, or middle part; and the drag, or bottom part. When there are one or more cheeks, the flask is called a three part flask, four part flask, etc. Erlenmeyer flask, a thin glass flask, flat-bottomed and cone-shaped to allow of safely shaking its contents laterally without danger of spilling; — so called from Erlenmeyer, a German chemist who invented it. — Florence flask. Etym: [From Florence in Italy.] (a) Same as Betty, n., 3. (b) A glass flask, round or pear-shaped, with round or flat bottom, and usually very thin to allow of heating solutions. — Pocket flask, a kind of pocket dram bottle, often covered with metal or leather to protect it from breaking.

FLASKET Flask"et, n. Etym: [Cf. W. fflasged a vessel of straw or wickerwork, fflasg flask, basket, and E. flask.]

1. A long, shallow basket, with two handles. [Eng.] In which they gathered flowers to fill their flasket. Spenser.

2. A small flask.

3. A vessel in which viands are served. [Obs.] Pope.

FLAT Flat, a. [Compar. Flatter; superl. Flattest.] Etym: [Akin to Icel. flatr, Sw. flat, Dan. flad, OHG. flaz, and AS. flet floor, G. flötz stratum, layer.]

1. Having an even and horizontal surface, or nearly so, without prominences or depressions; level without inclination; plane. Though sun and moon Were in the flat sea sunk. Milton.

2. Lying at full length, or spread out, upon the ground; level with the ground or earth; prostrate; as, to lie flat on the ground; hence, fallen; laid low; ruined; destroyed. What ruins kingdoms, and lays cities flat! Milton. I feel . . . my hopes all flat. Milton.

3. (Fine Arts)

Defn: Wanting relief; destitute of variety; without points of prominence and striking interest. A large part of the work is, to me, very flat. Coleridge.

4. Tasteless; stale; vapid; insipid; dead; as, fruit or drink flat to the taste.

5. Unanimated; dull; uninteresting; without point or spirit; monotonous; as, a flat speech or composition. How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable Seem to me all the uses of this world. Shak.

6. Lacking liveliness of commercial exchange and dealings; depressed; dull; as, the market is flat.

7. Clear; unmistakable; peremptory; absolute; positive; downright. Flat burglary as ever was committed. Shak. A great tobacco taker too, — that's flat. Marston.

8. (Mus.) (a) Below the true pitch; hence, as applied to intervals, minor, or lower by a half step; as, a flat seventh; A flat. (b) Not sharp or shrill; not acute; as, a flat sound.

9. (Phonetics)

Defn: Sonant; vocal; — applied to any one of the sonant or vocal consonants, as distinguished from a nonsonant (or sharp) consonant. Flat arch. (Arch.) See under Arch, n., 2. (b). — Flat cap, cap paper, not folded. See under Paper. — Flat chasing, in fine art metal working, a mode of ornamenting silverware, etc., producing figures by dots and lines made with a punching tool. Knight. — Flat chisel, a sculptor's chisel for smoothing. — Flat file, a file wider than its thickness, and of rectangular section. See File. — Flat nail, a small, sharp-pointed, wrought nail, with a flat, thin head, larger than a tack. Knight. — Flat paper, paper which has not been folded. — Flat rail, a railroad rail consisting of a simple flat bar spiked to a longitudinal sleeper. — Flat rods (Mining), horizontal or inclined connecting rods, for transmitting motion to pump rods at a distance. Raymond. — Flat rope, a rope made by plaiting instead of twisting; gasket; sennit.

Note: Some flat hoisting ropes, as for mining shafts, are made by
sewing together a number of ropes, making a wide, flat band. Knight.
— Flat space. (Geom.) See Euclidian space.
— Flat stitch, the process of wood engraving. [Obs.] — Flat tint
(Painting), a coat of water color of one uniform shade.
— To fall flat (Fig.), to produce no effect; to fail in the
intended effect; as, his speech fell flat.
Of all who fell by saber or by shot, Not one fell half so flat as
Walter Scott. Lord Erskine.

FLAT
Flat, adv.

1. In a flat manner; directly; flatly. Sin is flat opposite to the Almighty. Herbert.

2. (Stock Exchange)

Defn: Without allowance for accrued interest. [Broker's Cant]

FLAT
Flat, n.

1. A level surface, without elevation, relief, or prominences; an extended plain; specifically, in the United States, a level tract along the along the banks of a river; as, the Mohawk Flats. Envy is as the sunbeams that beat hotter upon a bank, or steep rising ground, than upon a flat. Bacon.

2. A level tract lying at little depth below the surface of water, or alternately covered and left bare by the tide; a shoal; a shallow; a strand. Half my power, this night Passing these flats, are taken by the tide. Shak.

3. Something broad and flat in form; as: (a) A flat-bottomed boat, without keel, and of small draught. (b) A straw hat, broad-brimmed and low-crowned. (c) (Railroad Mach.) A car without a roof, the body of which is a platform without sides; a platform car. (d) A platform on wheel, upon which emblematic designs, etc., are carried in processions.

4. The flat part, or side, of anything; as, the broad side of a blade, as distinguished from its edge.

5. (Arch.)

Defn: A floor, loft, or story in a building; especially, a floor of a house, which forms a complete residence in itself.

6. (Mining)

Defn: A horizontal vein or ore deposit auxiliary to a main vein; also, any horizontal portion of a vein not elsewhere horizontal. Raymond.

7. A dull fellow; a simpleton; a numskull. [Colloq.] Or if you can not make a speech, Because you are a flat. Holmes.

8. (Mus.)

Defn: A character before a note, indicating a tone which is a half step or semitone lower.

9. (Geom.)

Defn: A homaloid space or extension.

FLAT
Flat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flatting.]

1. To make flat; to flatten; to level.

2. To render dull, insipid, or spiritless; to depress. Passions are allayed, appetites are flatted. Barrow.

3. To depress in tone, as a musical note; especially, to lower in pitch by half a tone.

FLAT
Flat, v. i.

1. To become flat, or flattened; to sink or fal to an even surface. Sir W. Temple.

2. (Mus.)

Defn: To fall form the pitch. To flat out, to fail from a promising beginning; to make a bad ending; to disappoint expectations. [Colloq.]

FLATBILL
Flat"bill`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any bird of the genus Flatyrynchus. They belong to the family of flycatchers.

FLATBOAT
Flat"boat`, n.

Defn: A boat with a flat bottom and square ends; — used for the transportation of bulky freight, especially in shallow waters.

FLAT-BOTTOMED
Flat"-bot`tomed, a.

Defn: Having an even lower surface or bottom; as, a flat-bottomed boat.

FLAT-CAP
Flat"-cap`, n.

Defn: A kind of low-crowned cap formerly worn by all classes in England, and continued in London after disuse elsewhere; — hence, a citizen of London. Marston.

FLATFISH
Flat"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any fish of the family Pleuronectidæ; esp., the winter flounder (Pleuronectes Americanus). The flatfishes have the body flattened, swim on the side, and have eyes on one side, as the flounder, turbot, and halibut. See Flounder.

FLAT FOOT
Flat" foot`. (Med.)

Defn: A foot in which the arch of the instep is flattened so that the entire sole of the foot rests upon the ground; also, the deformity, usually congential, exhibited by such a foot; splayfoot.

FLAT-FOOTED
Flat"-foot`ed, a.

1. Having a flat foot, with little or no arch of the instep.

2. Firm-footed; determined. [Slang, U.S.]

FLATHEAD
Flat"head`, a.

Defn: Characterized by flatness of head, especially that produced by artificial means, as a certain tribe of American Indians.

FLATHEAD
Flat"head`, n. (Ethnol.)

Defn: A Chinook Indian. See Chinook, n., 1.

FLAT-HEADED
Flat"-head`ed, a.

Defn: Having a head with a flattened top; as, a flat-headed nail.

FLATIRON
Flat"i`ron, n.

Defn: An iron with a flat, smooth surface for ironing clothes.

FLATIVE
Fla"tive, a. Etym: [L. flare, flatum to blow.]

Defn: Producing wind; flatulent. [Obs.] A. Brewer.

FLATLING
Flat"ling, adv. Etym: [Flat, a. + adverbial suff. -ing.]

Defn: With the flat side, as of a sword; flatlong; in a prostrate position. [Obs.] Spenser.

FLATLONG
Flat"long

Defn: ; 115), adv. With the flat side downward; not edgewise. Shak.

FLATLY
Flat"ly, adv.

Defn: In a flat manner; evenly; horizontally; without spirit; dully; frigidly; peremptori;y; positively, plainly. "He flatly refused his aid." Sir P. Sidney. He that does the works of religion slowly, flatly, and without appetite. Jer. Taylor.

FLATNESS
Flat"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being flat.

2. Eveness of surface; want of relief or prominence; the state of being plane or level.

3. Want of vivacity or spirit; prostration; dejection; depression.

4. Want of variety or flavor; dullness; inspidity.

5. Depression of tone; the state of being below the true pitch; — opposed to sharpness or acuteness.

FLATOUR
Fla*tour", n. Etym: [OF.]

Defn: A flatterer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLATTEN
Flat"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattened; p. pr. & vb. n. Flattening.]
Etym: [From Flat, a.]

1. To reduce to an even surface or one approaching evenness; to make flat; to level; to make plane.

2. To throw down; to bring to the ground; to prostrate; hence, to depress; to deject; to dispirit.

3. To make vapid or insipid; to render stale.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: To lower the pitch of; to cause to sound less sharp; to let fall from the pitch. To flatten a sail (Naut.), to set it more nearly fore-and-aft of the vessel. — Flattening oven, in glass making, a heated chamber in which split glass cylinders are flattened for window glass.

FLATTEN
Flat"ten, v. i.

Defn: To become or grow flat, even, depressed dull, vapid, spiritless, or depressed below pitch.

FLATTER
Flat"ter, n.

1. One who, or that which, makes flat or flattens.

2. (Metal Working) (a) A flat-faced fulling hammer. (b) A drawplate with a narrow, rectangular orifice, for drawing flat strips, as watch springs, etc.

FLATTER
Flat"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flattered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flattering.]
Etym: [OE. flateren, cf. OD. flatteren; akin to G. flattern to
flutter, Icel. fla to fawn, flatter: cf. F. flatter. Cf. Flitter,
Flutter, Flattery.]

1. To treat with praise or blandishments; to gratify or attempt to gratify the self-love or vanity of, esp. by artful and interested commendation or attentions; to blandish; to cajole; to wheedle. When I tell him he hates flatterers, He says he does, being then most flattered. Shak. A man that flattereth his neighbor, spreadeth a net for his feet. Prov. xxix. 5. Others he flattered by asking their advice. Prescott.

2. To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations.

3. To portray too favorably; to give a too favorable idea of; as, his portrait flatters him.

FLATTER
Flat"ter, v. i.

Defn: To use flattery or insincere praise. If it may stand him more in stead to lie, Say and unsay, feign, flatter, or adjure. Milton.

FLATTERER
Flat"ter*er, n.

Defn: One who flatters.
The most abject flaterers degenerate into the greatest tyrants.
Addison.

FLATTERING
Flat"ter*ing, a.

Defn: That flatters (in the various senses of the verb); as, a
flattering speech.
Lay not that flattering unction to your soul. Shak.
A flattering painter, who made it his care, To draw men as they ought
be, not as they are. Goldsmith.

FLATTERINGLY
Flat"ter*ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With flattery.

FLATTERY
Flat"ter*y, n.; pl. Flatteries. Etym: [OE. flaterie, OF. flaterie, F.
flaterie, fr. flater to flatter, F. flatter; of uncertain origin. See
Flatter, v. t.]

Defn: The act or practice of flattering; the act of pleasing by
artiful commendation or compliments; adulation; false, insincere, or
excessive praise.
Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. Rambler.
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. Burke.

Syn.
— Adulation; compliment; obsequiousness. See Adulation.

FLATTING
Flat"ting, n.

1. The process or operation of making flat, as a cylinder of glass by opening it out.

2. A mode of painting,in which the paint, being mixed with turpentine, leaves the work without gloss. Gwilt.

3. A method of preserving gilding unburnished, by touching with size. Knolles.

4. The process of forming metal into sheets by passing it between rolls. Flatting coat, a coat of paint so put on as to have no gloss. — Flatting furnace. Same as Flattening oven, under Flatten. — Flatting mill. (a) A rolling mill producing sheet metal; esp., in mints, the ribbon from which the planchets are punched. (b) A mill in which grains of metal are flatted by steel rolls, and reduced to metallic dust, used for purposes of ornamentation.

FLATTISH
Flat"tish, a.

Defn: Somewhat flat. Woodward.

FLATULENCE; FLATULENCY
Flat"u*lence, Flat"u*len*cy, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flatulence.]

Defn: The state or quality of being flatulent.

FLATULENT Flat"u*lent, a. Etym: [L. flatus a blowing, flatus ventris windiness, flatulence, fr. flare to blow: cf. F. flatulent. See Blow.]

1. Affected with flatus or gases generated in the alimentary canal; windy.

2. Generating, or tending to generate, wind in the stomach. Vegetables abound more with aërial particles than animal substances, and therefore are more flatulent. Arbuthnot.

3. Turgid with flatus; as, a flatulent tumor. Quincy.

4. Pretentious without substance or reality; puffy; empty; vain; as, a flatulent vanity. He is too flatulent sometimes, and sometimes too dry. Dryden.

FLATULENTLY
Flat"u*lent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flatulent manner; with flatulence.

FLATUOSITY
Flat`u*os"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flatuosité.]

Defn: Flatulence. [Obs.] Bacon.

FLATUOUS
Flat"u*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. flatueux.]

Defn: Windy; generating wind. [Obs.] Bacon.

FLATUS Fla"tus, n.; pl. E. Flatuses, L. Flatus. Etym: [L., fr. flare to blow.]

1. A breath; a puff of wind. Clarke.

2. Wind or gas generated in the stomach or other cavities of the body. Quincy.

FLATWARE
Flat"ware`, n.

Defn: Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware.

FLATWARE
Flat"ware`, n.

Defn: Articles for the table, as china or silverware, that are more or less flat, as distinguished from hollow ware. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

FLATWISE
Flat"wise`, a. or adv.

Defn: With the flat side downward, or next to another object; not edgewise.

FLATWORM
Flat"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any worm belonging to the Plathelminthes; also, sometimes applied to the planarians.

FLAUNDRISH
Flaun"drish ( or ), a.

Defn: Flemish. [Obs.]

FLAUNT
Flaunt ( or ; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flaunted; p. pr. & vb. n..
Flaunting.] Etym: [Cf. dial. G. flandern to flutter, wave; perh. akin
to E. flatter, flutter.]

Defn: To throw or spread out; to flutter; to move ostentatiously; as,
a flaunting show.
You flaunt about the streets in your new gilt chariot. Arbuthnot.
One flaunts in rags, one flutters in brocade. Pope.

FLAUNT
Flaunt, v. t.

Defn: To display ostentatiously; to make an impudent show of.

FLAUNT
Flaunt, n.

Defn: Anything displayed for show. [Obs.]
In these my borrowed flaunts. Shak.

FLAUNTINGLY
Flaunt"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flaunting way.

FLAUTIST
Flau"tist, n. Etym: [It. flauto a flute See Flute.]

Defn: A player on the flute; a flutist.

FLAUTO
Flau"to, n. Etym: [It.]

Defn: A flute. Flaute piccolo ( Etym: [It., little flute], an octave flute. — Flauto traverso ( Etym: [It., transverse flute], the German flute, held laterally, instead of being played, like the old flûte a bec, with a mouth piece at the end.

FLAVANILINE
Fla*van"i*line ( or ; 104), n. Etym: [L. flavus yellow + E. aniline.]
(Chem.)

Defn: A yellow, crystalline, organic dyestuff, C16H14N2, of artifical production. It is a strong base, and is a complex derivative of aniline and quinoline.

FLAVESCENT Fla*ves"cent, a. Etym: [L. flavescens, p.pr. of flavescere to turn yellow.]

Defn: Turning yellow; yellowish.

FLAVICOMOUS
Fla*vic"o*mous, a. Etym: [L. flavicomus; flavus yellow + coma hair.]

Defn: Having yellow hair. [R.]

FLAVIN
Fla"vin, n. Etym: [L. flavus yellow.] (Chem.)

Defn: A yellow, vegetable dyestuff, resembling quercitron.

FLAVINE
Fla"vine (; 104), n. (Chem.)

Defn: A yellow, crystalline, organic base, C13H12N2O, obtained artificially.

FLAVOL
Fla"vol, n. Etym: [L. flavus yellow + -oil.] (Chem.)

Defn: A yellow, crystalline substance, obtained from anthraquinone, and regarded as a hydroxyl derivative of it.

FLAVOR Fla"vor, n. Etym: [OF. fleur, flaur (two syllables), odor, cf. F. fleurer to emit an odor, It. flatore a bad odor, prob. fr. L. flare to bow, whence the sense of exhalation. Cf. Blow.] [Written also flavour.]

1. That quality of anything which affects the smell; odor; fragrances; as, the flavor of a rose.

2. That quality of anything which affects the taste; that quality which gratifies the palate; relish; zest; savor; as, the flavor of food or drink.

3. That which imparts to anything a peculiar odor or taste, gratifying to the sense of smell, or the nicer perceptions of the palate; a substance which flavors.

4. That quality which gives character to any of the productions of literature or the fine arts.

FLAVOR
Fla"vor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flavored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flavoring.]

Defn: To give flavor to; to add something (as salt or a spice) to, to give character or zest.

FLAVORED
Fla"vored, a.

Defn: Having a distinct flavor; as, high-flavored wine.

FLAVORLESS
Fla"vor*less, a.

Defn: Without flavor; tasteless.

FLAVOROUS
Fla"vor*ous, a.

Defn: Imparting flavor; pleasant to the taste or smell; sapid.
Dryden.

FLAVOUS
Fla"vous, a. Etym: [L. flavus.]

Defn: Yellow. [Obs.]

FLAW Flaw, n. Etym: [OE. flai, flaw flake; cf. Sw. flaga flaw, crack, breach, flake, D. vlaag gust of wind, Norw. flage, flaag, and E. flag a flat stone.]

1. A crack or breach; a gap or fissure; a defect of continuity or cohesion; as, a flaw in a knife or a vase. This heart Shall break into a hundered thousand flaws. Shak.

2. A defect; a fault; as, a flaw in reputation; a flaw in a will, in a deed, or in a statute. Has not this also its flaws and its dark side South.

3. A sudden burst of noise and disorder; a tumult; uproar; a quarrel. [Obs.] And deluges of armies from the town Came pouring in; I heard the mighty flaw. Dryden.

4. A sudden burst or gust of wind of short duration. Snow, and hail, and stormy gust and flaw. Milton. Like flaws in summer laying lusty corn. Tennyson.

Syn.
— Blemish; fault; imoerfection; spot; speck.

FLAW
Flaw, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flawed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flawing.]

1. To crack; to make flaws in. The brazen caldrons with the frosts are flawed. Dryden.

2. To break; to violate; to make of no effect. [Obs.] France hath flawed the league. Shak.

FLAWLESS
Flaw"less, a.

Defn: Free from flaws. Boyle.

FLAWN Flawn, n. Etym: [OF. flaon, F. flan, LL. flado, fr. OHG. flado, G. fladen, a sort of pancake; cf. Gr. Place.]

Defn: A sort of flat custard or pie. [Obs.] Tusser.

FLAWTER
Flaw"ter, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Flay.]

Defn: To scrape o [Obs.] Johnson.

FLAWY
Flaw"y, a.

1. Full of flaws or cracks; broken; defective; faulty. Johnson.

2. Subject to sudden flaws or gusts of wind.

FLAX Flax, n. Etym: [AS. fleax; akin to D. vlas, OHG. flahs, G. flachs, and prob. to flechten to braid, plait,m twist, L. plectere to weave, plicare to fold, Gr. Ply.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant of the genus Linum, esp. the L. usitatissimum, which has a single, slender stalk, about a foot and a half high, with blue flowers. The fiber of the bark is used for making thread and cloth, called linen, cambric, lawn, lace, etc. Linseed oil is expressed from the seed.

2. The skin or fibrous part of the flax plant, when broken and
cleaned by hatcheling or combing. Earth flax (Min.), amianthus.
— Flax brake, a machine for removing the woody portion of flax from
the fibrous.
— Flax comb, a hatchel, hackle, or heckle.
— Flax cotton, the fiber of flax, reduced by steeping in
bicarbinate of soda and acidulated liquids, and prepared for
bleaching and spinning like cotton. Knight.
— Flax dresser, one who breaks and swingles flax, or prepares it
for the spinner.
— Flax mill, a mill or factory where flax is spun or linen
manufactured.
— Flax puller, a machine for pulling flax plants in the field.
— Flax wench. (a) A woman who spins flax. [Obs.] (b) A prostitute.
[Obs.] Shak.
— Mountain flax (Min.), amianthus.
— New Zealand flax (Bot.) See Flax-plant.

FLAXEN
Flax"en, a.

Defn: Made of flax; resembling flax or its fibers; of the color of flax; of a light soft straw color; fair and flowing, like flax or tow; as, flaxen thread; flaxen hair.

FLAX-PLANT
Flax"-plant`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant in new Zealand (Phormium tenax), allied to the lilies and aloes. The leaves are two inches wide and several feet long, and furnish a fiber which is used for making ropes, mats, and coarse cloth.

FLAXSEED
Flax"seed`, n.

Defn: The seed of the flax; linseed.

FLAXWEED
Flax"weed`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Toadflax.

FLAXY
Flax"y, a.

Defn: Like flax; flaxen. Sir M. Sandys.

FLAY
Flay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flaying.] Etym:
[OE. flean, flan, AS. fleán; akin to D. vlaen, Icel. fla, Sw. flå,
Dan. flaae, cf. Lith. ples to tear, plyszti, v.i., to burst tear;
perh. akin to E. flag to flat stone, flaw.]

Defn: To skin; to strip off the skin or surface of; as, to flay an ox; to flay the green earth. With her nails She 'll flay thy wolfish visage. Shak.

FLAYER
Flay"er, n.

Defn: One who strips off the skin.

FLEA
Flea, v. t. Etym: [See Flay.]

Defn: To flay. [Obs.]
He will be fleaced first And horse collars made of's skin. J.
Fletcher.

FLEA
Flea, n. Etym: [OE. fle, flee, AS. fleá, fleáh; akin to D. fl, G.
floh, Icel. fl, Russ. blocha; prob. from the root of E. flee. Flee.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: An insect belonging to the genus Pulex, of the order Aphaniptera. Fleas are destitute of wings, but have the power of leaping energetically. The bite is poisonous to most persons. The human flea (Pulex irritans), abundant in Europe, is rare in America, where the dog flea (P. canis) takes its place. See Aphaniptera, and Dog flea. See Illustration in Appendix. A flea in the ear, an unwelcome hint or unexpected reply, annoying like a flea; an irritating repulse; as, to put a flea in one's ear; to go away with a flea in one's ear. — Beach flea, Black flea, etc. See under Beach, etc.

FLEABANE
Flea"bane`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: One of various plants, supposed to have efficacy in driving away fleas. They belong, for the most part, to the genera Conyza, Erigeron, and Pulicaria.

FLEA-BEETLE
Flea"-bee`tle, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A small beetle of the family Halticidæ, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea- beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

FLEA-BITE
Flea"-bite`, n.

1. The bite of a flea, or the red spot caused by the bite.

2. A trifling wound or pain, like that of the bite of a flea. Harvey.

FLEA-BITTEN
Flea"-bit`ten, a.

1. Bitten by a flea; as, a flea-bitten face.

2. White, flecked with minute dots of bay or sorrel; — said of the color of a horse.

FLEAGH
Fleagh, obs.

Defn: imp. of Fly.

FLEAK
Fleak, n.

Defn: A flake; a thread or twist. [Obs.]
Little long fleaks or threads of hemp. Dr. H. More.

FLEAKING
Fleak"ing, n.

Defn: A light covering of reeds, over which the main covering is laid, in thatching houses. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

FLEA-LOUSE
Flea"-louse`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species.
That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

FLEAM Fleam, n. Etym: [F. flamme, OF. flieme, fr. LL. flevotomum, phlebotomum; cf. D. vlijm. See Phlebotomy.] (Surg. & Far.)

Defn: A sharp instrument used for opening veins, lancing gums, etc.; a kind of lancet. Fleam tooth, a tooth of a saw shaped like an isosceles triangle; a peg tooth. Knight.

FLEAMY
Fleam"y, a.

Defn: Bloody; clotted. [Obs. or Prov.]
Foamy bubbling of a fleamy brain. Marston.

FLEAR
Flear, v. t. & i.

Defn: See Fleer.

FLEAWORT
Flea"wort`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An herb used in medicine (Plantago Psyllium), named from the shape of its seeds. Loudon.

FLECHE
Flèche, n. Etym: [F. flèche, prop., an arrow.] (Fort.)

Defn: A simple fieldwork, consisting of two faces forming a salient angle pointing outward and open at the gorge.

FLECK
Fleck, n.

Defn: A flake; also, a lock, as of wool. [Obs.] J. Martin.

FLECK Fleck, n. Etym: [Cf. Icel. flekkr; akin to Sw. fläck, D. vlek, G. fleck, and perh. to E. flitch.]

Defn: A spot; a streak; a speckle. "A sunny fleck." Longfellow.
Life is dashed with flecks of sin. tennyson.

FLECK
Fleck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flecked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flecking.] Etym:
[Cf. Icel. flekka, Sw. fläcka, D. vlekken, vlakken, G. flecken. See
Fleck, n.]

Defn: To spot; to streak or stripe; to variegate; to dapple.
Both flecked with white, the true Arcadian strain. Dryden.
A bird, a cloud, flecking the sunny air. Trench.

FLECKER
Fleck"er, v. t.

Defn: To fleck. Johnson.

FLECKLESS
Fleck"less, a.

Defn: Without spot or blame. [R.]
My consnience will not count me fleckless. Tennyson.

FLECTION
Flec"tion, n. Etym: [See Flexion.]

1. The act of bending, or state of being bent.

2. The variation of words by declension, comparison, or conjugation; inflection.

FLECTIONAL
Flec"tion*al, a.

Defn: Capable of, or pertaining to, flection or inflection.
A flectional word is a phrase in the bud. Earle.

FLECTOR
Flec"tor, n.

Defn: A flexor.

FLED
Fled,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Flee.

FLEDGE Fledge, a. Etym: [OE. flegge, flygge; akin to D. vlug, G. flügge, flücke, OHG. flucchi, Icel. fleygr, and to E. fly. Fly, v. i.]

Defn: Feathered; furnished with feathers or wings; able to fly.
Hfledge with wings. Milton.

FLEDGE
Fledge, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Fledged; p. pr. & vb. n. Fledging.]

1. To furnish with feathers; to supply with the feathers necessary
for flight.
The birds were not as yet fledged enough to shift for themselves.
L'Estrange.

2. To furnish or adorn with any soft covering. Your master, whose chin is not yet fledged. Shak.

FLEDGELING
Fledge"ling, n.

Defn: A young bird just fledged.

FLEE Flee, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeing.] Etym: [OE. fleon, fleen, AS. fleón (imperf. fleáh); akin to D. vlieden, OHG. & OS. fliohan, G. fliehen, Icel. fl (imperf. fl), Dan. flye, Sw. fly (imperf. flydde), Goth. pliuhan. (Flight.]

Defn: To run away, as from danger or evil; to avoid in an alarmed or cowardly manner; to hasten off; — usually with from. This is sometimes omitted, making the verb transitive. [He] cowardly fled, not having struck one stroke. Shak. Flee fornication. 1 Cor. vi. 18. So fled his enemies my warlike father. Shak.

Note: When great speed is to be indicated, we commonly use fly, not flee; as, fly hence to France with the utmost speed. "Whither shall I fly to 'scape their hands" Shak. See Fly, v. i., 5.

FLEECE
Fleece, n. Etym: [OE. flees, AS. fleós; akin to D. flies, vlies .]

1. The entire coat of wood that covers a sheep or other similar animal; also, the quantity shorn from a sheep, or animal, at one time. Who shore me Like a tame wether, all my precious fleece. Milton.

2. Any soft woolly covering resembling a fleece.

3. (Manuf.)

Defn: The fine web of cotton or wool removed by the doffing knife
from the cylinder of a carding machine. Fleece wool, wool shorn from
the sheep.
— Golden fleece. See under Golden.

FLEECE
Fleece, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleeced; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleecing.]

1. To deprive of a fleece, or natural covering of wool.

2. To strip of money or other property unjustly, especially by trickery or frand; to bring to straits by oppressions and exactions. Whilst pope and prince shared the wool betwixt them, the people were finely fleeced. Fuller.

3. To spread over as with wool. [R.] Thomson.

FLEECED
Fleeced, a.

1. Furnished with a fleece; as, a sheep is well fleeced. Spenser.

2. Stripped of a fleece; plundered; robbed.

FLEECELESS
Fleece"less, a.

Defn: Without a fleece.

FLEECER
Flee"cer, n.

Defn: One who fleeces or strips unjustly, especially by trickery or fraund. Prynne.

FLEECY
Flee"cy, a.

Defn: Covered with, made of, or resembling, a fleece. "Fleecy flocks." Prior.

FLEEN
Fleen, n. pl.

Defn: Obs. pl. of Flea. Chaucer.

FLEER
Fle"er, n.

Defn: One who flees. Ld. Berners.

FLEER Fleer, [imp. & p. p. Fleered (; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleering.] Etym: [OE. flerien; cf. Scot. fleyr, Norw. flira to titter, giggle, laugh at nothing, MHG. vlerre, vlarre, a wide wound.]

1. To make a wry face in contempt, or to grin in scorn; to deride; to sneer; to mock; to gibe; as, to fleer and flout. To fleer and scorn at our solemnity. Shak.

2. To grin with an air of civility; to leer. [Obs.] Grinning and fleering as though they went to a bear baiting. Latimer.

FLEER
Fleer, v. t.

Defn: To mock; to flout at. Beau. & Fl.

FLEER
Fleer, n.

1. A word or look of derision or mockery. And mark the fleers, the gibes, and notable scorn. Shak.

2. A grin of civility; a leer. [Obs.] A sly, treacherous fleer on the face of deceivers. South.

FLEERER
Fleer"er, n.

Defn: One who fleers. Beau. & Fl.

FLEERINGLY
Fleer"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a fleering manner.

FLEET Fleet, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fleeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleeting.] Etym: [OE. fleten, fleoten, to swim, AS. fleótan to swim, float; akin to D. vlieten to flow, OS. fliotan, OHG. fliozzan, G. fliessen, Icel. fljota to float, flow, Sw. flyta, D. flyde, L. pluere to rain, Gr. plu to swim, sail. sq. root84. Cf. Fleet, n. & a., Float, Pluvial, Flow.]

1. To sail; to float. [Obs.] And in frail wood on Adrian Gulf doth fleet. Spenser.

2. To fly swiftly; to pass over quickly; to hasten; to flit as a light substance. All the unaccomplished works of Nature's hand, . . . Dissolved on earth, fleet hither. Milton.

3. (Naut.)

Defn: To slip on the whelps or the barrel of a capstan or windlass; - - said of a cable or hawser.

FLEET
Fleet, v. t.

1. To pass over rapidly; to skin the surface of; as, a ship that fleets the gulf. Spenser.

2. To hasten over; to cause to pass away lighty, or in mirth and joy. Many young gentlemen flock to him, and fleet the time carelessly. Shak.

3. (Naut.) (a) To draw apart the blocks of; — said of a tackle. Totten. (b) To cause to slip down the barrel of a capstan or windlass, as a rope or chain.

FLEET Fleet, a. [Compar. Fleeter; superl. Fleetest.] Etym: [Cf. Icel. flj quick. See Fleet, v. i.]

1. Swift in motion; moving with velocity; light and quick in going from place to place; nimble. In mail their horses clad, yet fleet and strong. Milton.

2. Light; superficially thin; not penetring deep, as soil. [Prov. Eng.] Mortimer.

FLEET Fleet, n. Etym: [OE. flete, fleote, AS. fleót ship, fr. fleótan to float, swim. See Fleet, v. i. and cf. Float.]

Defn: A number of vessels in company, especially war vessels; also, the collective naval force of a country, etc. Fleet captain, the senior aid of the admiral of a fleet, when a captain. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

FLEET Fleet, n. Etym: [AS. fleót a place where vessels float, bay, river; akin to D. vliet rill, brook, G. fliess. See Fleet, v. i.]

1. A flood; a creek or inlet; a bay or estuary; a river; — obsolete, except as a place name, — as Fleet Street in London. Together wove we nets to entrap the fish In floods and sedgy fleets. Matthewes.

2. A former prison in London, which originally stood near a stream, the Fleet (now filled up). Fleet parson, a clergyman of low character, in, or in the vicinity of, the Fleet prison, who was ready to unite persons in marriage (called Fleet marriage) at any hour, without public notice, witnesses, or consent of parents.

FLEET Fleet, v. t. Etym: [AS. flet cream, fr. fleótan to float. See Fleet, v. i.]

Defn: To take the cream from; to skim. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

FLEETEN
Fleet"en, n.

Defn: Fleeted or skimmed milk. [Obs.] Fleeten face, a face of the color of fleeten, i. e., blanched; hence, a coward. "You know where you are, you fleeten face." Beau. & Fl.

FLEET-FOOT
Fleet"-foot`, a.

Defn: Swift of foot. Shak.

FLEETING
Fleet"ing, a.

Defn: Passing swiftly away; not durable; transient; transitory; as, the fleeting hours or moments.

Syn.
— Evanescent; ephemeral. See Transient.

FLEETINGLY
Fleet"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a fleeting manner; swiftly.

FLEETINGS
Fleet"ings, n. pl.

Defn: A mixture of buttermilk and boiling whey; curds. [prov. Eng.]
Wright.

FLEETLY
Fleet"ly, adv.

Defn: In a fleet manner; rapidly.

FLEETNESS
Fleet"ness, n.

Defn: Swiftness; rapidity; velocity; celerity; speed; as, the fleetness of a horse or of time.

FLEIGH
Fleigh, obs.

Defn: imp. of Fly. Chaucer.

FLEME
Fleme, v. t. Etym: [AS. fleman, flyman.]

Defn: To banish; to drive out; to expel. [Obs.] "Appetite flemeth discretion." Chaucer.

FLEMER
Flem"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, banishes or expels. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLEMING
Flem"ing, n.

Defn: A native or inhabitant of Flanders.

FLEMISH
Flem"ish, a.

Defn: Pertaining to Flanders, or the Flemings.
— n.

Defn: The language or dialect spoken by the Flemings; also, collectively, the people of Flanders. Flemish accounts (Naut.), short or deficient accounts. [Humorous]Ham. Nav. Encyc. — Flemish beauty (Bot.), a well known pear. It is one of few kinds which have a red color on one side. — Flemish bond. (Arch.) See Bond, n., 8. — Flemish brick, a hard yellow paving brick. — Flemish coil, a flat coil of rope with the end in the center and the turns lying against, without riding over, each other. — Flemish eye (Naut.), an eye formed at the end of a rope by dividing the strands and lying them over each other. — Flemish horse (Naut.), an additional footrope at the end of a yard.

FLENCH
Flench, v. t.

Defn: Same as Flence.

FLENSE Flense, v. t. Etym: [Cf. Dan. flense, D. vlensen, vlenzen, Scot. flinch.]

Defn: To strip the blubber or skin from, as from a whale, seal, etc. the flensed carcass of a fur seal. U. S. Census (1880).

FLESH Flesh, n. Etym: [OE. flesch, flesc, AS. fl; akin to OFries. flask, D. vleesch, OS. fl, OHG. fleisc, G. fleisch, Icel. & Dan. flesk lard, bacon, pork, Sw. fläsk.]

1. The aggregate of the muscles, fat, and other tissues which cover the framework of bones in man and other animals; especially, the muscles.

Note: In composition it is mainly albuminous, but contains in adition a large number of crystalline bodies, such as creatin, xanthin, hypoxanthin, carnin, etc. It is also rich in phosphate of potash.

2. Animal food, in distinction from vegetable; meat; especially, the body of beasts and birds used as food, as distinguished from fish. With roasted flesh, or milk, and wastel bread. Chaucer.

3. The human body, as distinguished from the soul; the corporeal
person.
As if this flesh, which walls about our life, Were brass impregnable.
Shak.

4. The human eace; mankind; humanity. All flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth. Gen. vi. 12.

5. Human nature: (a) In a good sense, tenderness of feeling; gentleness. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart. Cowper.

(b) In a bad sense, tendency to transient or physical pleasure; desire for sensual gratification; carnality. (c) (Theol.) The character under the influence of animal propensities or selfish passions; the soul unmoved by spiritual influences.

6. Kindred; stock; race. He is our brother and our flesh. Gen. xxxvii. 27.

7. The soft, pulpy substance of fruit; also, that part of a root, fruit, and the like, which is fit to be eaten.

Note: Flesh is often used adjectively or self-explaining compounds; as, flesh broth or flesh-broth; flesh brush or fleshbrush; flesh tint or flesh-tint; flesh wound. After the flesh, after the manner of man; in a gross or earthly manner. "Ye judge after the flesh." John viii. 15. — An arm of flesh, human strength or aid. — Flesh and blood. See under Blood. — Flesh broth, broth made by boiling flesh in water. — Flesh fly (Zoöl.), one of several species of flies whose larvæ or maggots feed upon flesh, as the bluebottle fly; — called also meat fly, carrion fly, and blowfly. See Blowly. — Flesh meat, animal food. Swift. — Flesh side, the side of a skin or hide which was next to the flesh; — opposed to grain side. — Flesh tint (Painting), a color used in painting to imitate the hue of the living body. — Flesh worm (Zoöl.), any insect larva of a flesh fly. See Flesh fly (above). — Proud flesh. See under Proud. — To be one flesh, to be closely united as in marriage; to become as one person. Gen. ii. 24.

FLESH
Flesh, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fleshed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fleshing.]

1. To feed with flesh, as an incitement to further exertion; to initiate; — from the practice of training hawks and dogs by feeding them with the first game they take, or other flesh. Hence, to use upon flesh (as a murderous weapon) so as to draw blood, especially for the first time. Full bravely hast thou fleshed Thy maiden sword. Shak. The wild dog Shall flesh his tooth on every innocent. Shak.

2. To glut; to satiate; hence, to harden, to accustom. "Fleshed in triumphs." Glanvill. Old soldiers Fleshed in the spoils of Germany and France. Beau. & Fl.

3. (Leather Manufacture)

Defn: To remove flesh, membrance, etc., from, as from hides.

FLESHED
Fleshed, a.

1. Corpulent; fat; having flesh.

2. Glutted; satiated; initiated. Fleshed with slaughter. Dryden.

FLESHER
Flesh"er, n.

1. A butcher. A flesher on a block had laid his whittle down. Macaulay.

2. A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.

FLESHHOOD
Flesh"hood, n.

Defn: The state or condition of having a form of flesh; incarnation.
[R.]
Thou, who hast thyself Endured this fleshhood. Mrs. Browning.

FLESHINESS
Flesh"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being fleshy; plumpness; corpulence; grossness.
Milton.

FLESHINGS
Flesh"ings, n. pl.

Defn: Flesh-colored tights, worn by actors dancers. D. Jerrold.

FLESHLESS
Flesh"less, a.

Defn: Destitute of flesh; lean. Carlyle.

FLESHLINESS
Flesh"li*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being fleshly; carnal passions and appetites.
Spenser.

FLESHLING
Flesh"ling, n.

Defn: A person devoted to fleshly things. [Obs.] Spenser.

FLESHLY
Flesh"ly, a. Etym: [AS.

1. Of or pertaining to the flesh; corporeal. "Fleshly bondage." Denham.

2. Animal; not Dryden.

3. Human; not celestial; not spiritual or divine. "Fleshly wisdom." 2 Cor. i. 12. Much ostentation vain of fleshly arm And fragile arms. Milton.

4. Carnal; wordly; lascivious. Abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul. 1 Pet. ii. 11.

FLESHLY
Flesh"ly, adv.

Defn: In a fleshly manner; carnally; lasciviously. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLESHMENT
Flesh"ment, n.

Defn: The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [R.] Shak.

FLESHMONGER
Flesh"mon`ger, n. Etym: [AS. .]

Defn: One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp; a procurer; a pander.
[R.] Shak.

FLESHPOT
Flesh"pot`, n.

Defn: A pot or vessel in which flesh is cooked; hence (pl.),

Defn: plenty; high living. In the land of Egypt . . . we sat by the fleshpots, and . . . did eat bread to the full. Ex. xvi. 3.

FLESHQUAKE
Flesh"quake`, n.

Defn: A quaking or trembling of the flesh; a quiver. [Obs.] B.
Jonson.

FLESHY
Flesh"y, a. [Compar. Fleshier; superl. Fleshiest.]

1. Full of, or composed of, flesh; plump; corpulent; fat; gross. The sole of his foot is fleshy. Ray.

2. Human. [Obs.] "Fleshy tabernacle." Milton.

3. (Bot.)

Defn: Composed of firm pulp; succulent; as, the houseleek, cactus, and agave are fleshy plants.

FLET
Flet, p. p. of Fleet.

Defn: Skimmed. [Obs.]

FLETCH
Fletch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fletched; p. pr. & vb. n. Fletching.]
Etym: [F. flèche arrow.]

Defn: To feather, as an arrow. Bp. Warburton. [Congress] fletched their complaint, by adding: "America loved his brother." Bancroft.

FLETCHER
Fletch"er, n. Etym: [OF. flechier.]

Defn: One who fletches of feathers arrows; a manufacturer of bows and arrows. [Obs.] Mortimer.

FLETE
Flete, v. i. Etym: [See Fleet, v. i.]

Defn: To float; to swim. [Obs.] "Whether I sink or flete." Chaucer.

FLETIFEROUS Fle*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. fletifer; fletus a weeping (from flere, fletum, to weep) + ferre to bear.]

Defn: Producing tears. [Obs.] Blount.

FLEUR-DE-LIS
Fleur`-de-lis`, n.; pl. Fleurs-de-lis. Etym: [F., flower of the lily.
Cf. Flower-de-luce, Lily.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The iris. See Flower-de-luce.

2. A conventional flower suggested by the iris, and having a form which fits it for the terminal decoration of a scepter, the ornaments of a crown, etc. It is also a heraldic bearing, and is identified with the royal arms and adornments of France.

FLEURON
Fleu`ron", n. [F., fr. OF. floron. Cf. Floroon.]

Defn: A flower-shaped ornament, esp. one terminating an object or forming one of a series, as a knob of a cover to a dish, or a flower- shaped part in a necklace.

FLEURY
Fleur"y, a. Etym: [F. fleuri covered with flowers, p.p. of fleurir.
See Flourish.] (Her.)

Defn: Finished at the ends with fleurs-de-lis; — said esp. a cross so decorated.

FLEW
Flew,

Defn: imp. of Fly.

FLEWED
Flewed, a.

Defn: Having large flews. Shak.

FLEWS
Flews, n. pl.

Defn: The pendulous or overhanging lateral parts of the upper lip of dogs, especially prominent in hounds; — called also chaps. See Illust. of Bloodhound.

FLEX Flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flexed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flexing.] Etym: [L. flexus, p.p. of flectere to bend, perh. flectere and akin to falx sickle, E. falchion. Cf. Flinch.]

Defn: To bend; as, to flex the arm.

FLEX
Flex, n.

Defn: Flax. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLEXANIMOUS Flex*an"i*mous, a. Etym: [L. flexanimus; flectere, flexum, to bend + animus mind.]

Defn: Having power to change the mind. [Obs.] Howell.

FLEXIBILITY
Flex`i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. flexibilitas: cf. F. flexibilite.]

Defn: The state or quality of being flexible; flexibleness; pliancy; pliability; as, the flexibility of strips of hemlock, hickory, whalebone or metal, or of rays of light. Sir I. Newton. All the flexibility of a veteran courtier. Macaulay.

FLEXIBLE
Flex"i*ble, a. Etym: [L. flexibilis: cf. F. flexible.]

1. Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle. When the splitting wind Makes flexible the knees of knotted oaks. Shak.

2. Willing or ready to yield to the influence of others; not invincibly rigid or obstinate; tractable; manageable; ductile; easy and compliant; wavering. Phocion was a man of great severity, and no ways flexible to the will of the people. Bacon. Women are soft, mild, pitiful, and flexible. Shak.

3. Capable or being adapted or molded; plastic,; as, a flexible language. This was a principle more flexible to their purpose. Rogers.

Syn.
— Pliant; pliable; supple; tractable; manageable; ductile;
obsequious; inconstant; wavering.
— Flex"i*ble*ness, n.
— Flex"i*bly, adv.

FLEXICOSTATE
Flex`i*cos"tate, a. Etym: [L. flexus bent + E. costate.] (Anat.)

Defn: Having bent or curved ribs.

FLEXILE
Flex"ile, a. Etym: [L. flexilis.]

Defn: Flexible; pliant; pliable; easily bent; plastic; tractable.
Wordsworth.

FLEXION
Flex"ion, n. Etym: [L. flexio: cf. F. flexion.]

1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning.

2. A bending; a part bent; a fold. Bacon.

3. (Gram.)

Defn: Syntactical change of form of words, as by declension or conjugation; inflection. Express the syntactical relations by flexion. Sir W. Hamilton.

4. (Physiol.)

Defn: The bending of a limb or joint; that motion of a joint which gives the distal member a continually decreasing angle with the axis of the proximal part; — distinguished from extension.

FLEXOR
Flex"or, n. Etym: [NL.] (Anat.)

Defn: A muscle which bends or flexes any part; as, the flexors of the arm or the hand; — opposed to extensor.

FLEXUOSE
Flex"u*ose`, a.

Defn: Flexuous.

FLEXUOUS
Flex"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. flexuosus, fr. flexus a bending, turning.]

1. Having turns, windings, or flexures.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.

3. Wavering; not steady; flickering. Bacon.

FLEXURAL
Flex"u*ral, a. Etym: [From Flexure.]

Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resulting from, flexure; of the nature of, or characterized by, flexure; as, flexural elasticity.

FLEXURE
Flex"ure, n. Etym: [L. flexura.]

1. The act of flexing or bending; a turning or curving; flexion; hence, obsequious bowing or bending. Will it give place to flexure and low bending Shak.

2. A turn; a bend; a fold; a curve. Varying with the flexures of the valley through which it meandered. British Quart. Rev.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The last joint, or bend, of the wing of a bird.

4. (Astron.)

Defn: The small distortion of an astronomical instrument caused by the weight of its parts; the amount to be added or substracted from the observed readings of the instrument to correct them for this distortion. The flexure of a curve (Math.), the bending of a curve towards or from a straight line.

FLIBBERGIB
Flib"ber*gib, n.

Defn: A sycophant. [Obs. & Humorous.] "Flatterers and flibbergibs."
Latimer.

FLIBBERTIGIBBET
Flib"ber*ti*gib`bet, n.

Defn: An imp. Shak.

FLIBUSTIER
Fli`bus`tier", n. Etym: [F.]

Defn: A buccaneer; an American pirate. See Flibuster. [Obs.]

FLICK
Flick, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flicked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flicking.] Etym:
[Cf. Flicker.]

Defn: To whip lightly or with a quick jerk; to flap; as, to flick a horse; to flick the dirt from boots. Thackeray.

FLICK
Flick, n.

Defn: A flitch; as, a flick of bacon.

FLICKER
Flick"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flickered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flickering.]
Etym: [OE. flikeren, flekeren, to flutter, AS. flicerian, flicorian,
cf. D. flikkeren to sparkle. Flacker.]

1. To flutter; to flap the wings without flying. And flickering on her nest made short essays to sing. Dryden.

2. To waver unsteadily, like a flame in a current of air, or when about to expire; as, the flickering light. The shadows flicker to fro. Tennyson.

FLICKER
Flick"er, n.

1. The act of wavering or of fluttering; flucuation; sudden and brief increase of brightness; as, the last flicker of the dying flame.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The golden-winged woodpecker (Colaptes aurutus); — so called
from its spring note. Called also yellow-hammer, high-holder, pigeon
woodpecker, and yucca.
The cackle of the flicker among the oaks. Thoureau.

FLICKERINGLY
Flick"ering*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flickering manner.

FLICKERMOUSE
Flick"er*mouse`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See Flittermouse.

FLIDGE
Flidge, a.

Defn: Fledged; fledge. [Obs.] Holland.

FLIDGE
Flidge, v. i.

Defn: To become fledged; to fledge. [Obs.]
Every day build their nests, every hour flidge. R. Greene.

FLIER
Fli"er, n. Etym: [Form Fly, v.; cf. Flyer]

1. One who flies or flees; a runaway; a fugitive. Shak.

2. (Mach.)

Defn: A fly. See Fly, n., 9, and 13 (b).

3. (Spinning)

Defn: See Flyer, n., 5.

4. (Arch.)

Defn: See Flyer, n., 4.

FLIGHT Flight, n. Etym: [AS. fliht, flyht, a flying, fr. fleógan to fly; cf. flyht a fleeing, fr. fleón to flee, G. flucht a fleeing, Sw. flykt, G. flug a flying, Sw. flygt, D. vlugt a fleeing or flying, Dan. flugt. sq. root84. See Flee, Fly.]

1. The act or flying; a passing through the air by the help of wings; volitation; mode or style of flying. Like the night owl's lazy flight. Shak.

2. The act of fleeing; the act of running away, to escape or expected
evil; hasty departure.
Pray ye that your flight be not in the winter. Matt. xxiv. 20.
Fain by flight to save themselves. Shak.

3. Lofty elevation and excursion;a mounting; a soaas, a flight of imagination, ambition, folly. Could he have kept his spirit to that flight, He had been happy. Byron. His highest flights were indeed far below those of Taylor. Macaulay.

4. A number of beings or things passing through the air together; especially, a flock of birds flying in company; the birds that fly or migrate together; the birds produced in one season; as, a flight of arrows. Swift. Swift flights of angels ministrant. Milton. Like a flight of fowl Scattered winds and tempestuous gusts. Shak.

5. A series of steps or stairs from one landing to another. Parker.

6. A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with
it. See Shaft. [Obs.]
Challenged Cupid at the flight. Shak.
Not a flight drawn home E'er made that haste that they have. Beau. &
Fl.

7. The husk or glume of oats. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. to take a flight{9}. Flight feathers (Zoöl.), the wing feathers of a bird, including the quills, coverts, and bastard wing. See Bird. — To put to flight, To turn to flight, to compel to run away; to force to flee; to rout.

Syn.
— Pair; set. See Pair.

FLIGHTED
Flight"ed, a.

1. Taking flight; flying; — used in composition. "Drowsy-flighted steeds." Milton.

2. (Her.)

Defn: Feathered; — said of arrows.

FLIGHTER
Flight"er, n. (Brewing)

Defn: A horizontal vane revolving over the surface of wort in a cooler, to produce a circular current in the liquor. Knight.

FLIGHTILY
Flight"i*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flighty manner.

FLIGHTINESS
Flight"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being flighty.
The flightness of her temper. Hawthorne.

Syn.
— Levity; giddiness; volatility; lightness; wildness; eccentricity.
See Levity.

FLIGHT-SHOT
Flight"-shot`, n.

Defn: The distance to which an arrow or flight may be shot; bowshot,
— about the fifth of a mile. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
Within a flight-shot it inthe valley. Evelyn.
Half a flight-shot from the king's oak. Sir W. Scott.

FLIGHTY
Flight"y, a.

1. Fleeting; swift; transient. The flighty purpose never is o'ertook, Unless the deed go with it. Shak.

2. Indulging in flights, or wild and unrestrained sallies, of imagination, humor, caprice, etc.; given to disorder Proofs of my flighty and paradoxical turn of mind. Coleridge. A harsh disciplinarian and a flighty enthusiast. J. S. Har

FLIMFLAM
Flim"flam, n. Etym: [Cf. Flam.]

Defn: A freak; a trick; a lie. Beau. & Fl.

FLIMSILY
Flim"si*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flimsy manner.

FLIMSINESS
Flim"si*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being flimsy.

FLIMSY Flim"sy, a. [Compar. Flimsier; superl. Flimsiest.] Etym: [Cf. W. llumsi naked, bare, empty, slouggish, spiritless. Cf. Limsy.]

Defn: Weak; feeble; limp; slight; vain; without strength or solidity; of loose and unsubstantial structure; without reason or plausibility; as, a flimsy argument, excuse, objection. Proud of a vast extent of flimsy lines. Pope. All the flimsy furniture of a country miss's brain. Sheridan.

Syn.
— Weak; feeble; superficial; shallow; vain.

FLIMSY
Flim"sy, n.

1. Thin or transfer paper.

2. A bank note. [Slang, Eng.]

FLINCH
Flinch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flinched; p. pr. & vb. n. Flinching.]
Etym: [Prob. fr. OE. flecchen to waver, give way, F. fléchir, fr. L.
flectere to bend; but prob. influenced by E. blench. Cf. Flex.]

1. To withdraw from any suffering or undertaking, from pain or danger; to fail in doing or perserving; to show signs of yielding or of suffering; to shrink; to wince; as, one of the parties flinched from the combat. A child, by a constant course of kindness, may be accustomed to bear very rough usage without flinching or complaining. Locke.

2. (Croquet)

Defn: To let the foot slip from a ball, when attempting to give a tight croquet.

FLINCH
Flinch, n.

Defn: The act of flinching.

FLINCHER
Flinch"er, n.

Defn: One who flinches or fails.

FLINCHINGLY
Flinch"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flinching manner.

FLINDERMOUSE
Flin"der*mouse`, n.Etym: [OE. vlindre moth (cf. D. vlinder butterfly)
+ E. mouse. Cf. Flittermouse, Flinders.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A bat; a flittermouse.

FLINDERS Flin"ders, n. pl. Etym: [Scot. flenders, flendris; perh. akin to E. flutter; cf. D. flenters rags, broken pieces.]

Defn: Small pieces or splinters; fragments. The tough ash spear, so stout and true, Into a thousand flinders flew. Sir W. Scott.

FLING Fling, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flung; p. pr. & vb. n. Flinging.] Etym: [OE. flingen, flengen, to rush, hurl; cf. Icel. flengia to whip, ride furiously, OSw. flenga to strike, Sw. flänga to romp, Dan. flenge to slash.]

1. To cast, send, to throw from the hand; to hurl; to dart; to emit with violence as if thrown from the hand; as, to fing a stone into the pond. 'T is Fate that flings the dice: and, as she flings, Of kings makes peasants, and of peasants kings. Dryden. He . . . like Jove, his lighting flung. Dryden. I know thy generous temper well. Fling but the appearance of dishonor on it, It straight takes fire. Addison.

2. To shed forth; to emit; to scatter. The sun begins to fling His flaring beams. Milton. Every beam new transient colors flings. Pope.

3. To throw; to hurl; to throw off or down; to prostrate; hence, to baffle; to defeat; as, to fling a party in litigation. His horse started, flung him, and fell upon him. Walpole.

To fling about, to throw on all sides; to scatter. — To fling away, to reject; to discard. Cromwell, I charge thee, fling away ambition. Shak. —To fling down. (a) To throw to the ground; esp., to throw in defiance, as formerly knights cast a glove into the arena as a challenge. This question so flung down before the guests, . . . Was handed over by consent of all To me who had not spoken. Tennyson. (b) To overturn; to demolish; to ruin. — To fling in, to throw in; not to charge in an account; as, in settling accounts, one party flings in a small sum, or a few days' work. — To fling off, to baffle in the chase; to defeat of prey; also, to get rid of. Addison. — To fling open, to throw open; to open suddenly or with violence; as, to fling open a door. — To fling out, to utter; to speak in an abrupt or harsh manner; as, to fling out hard words against another. — To fling up, to relinquish; to abandon; as, to fling up a design.

FLING
Fling, v. i.

1. To throw; to wince; to flounce; as, the horse began to kick and fling.

2. To cast in the teeth; to utter abusive language; to sneer; as, the scold began to flout and fling.

3. To throw one's self in a violent or hasty manner; to rush or spring with violence or haste. And crop-full, out of doors he flings. Milton. I flung closer to his breast, As sword that, after battle, flings to sheath. Mrs. Browning. To fling out, to become ugly and intractable; to utter sneers and insinuations.

FLING
Fling, n.

1. A cast from the hand; a throw; also, a flounce; a kick; as, the fling of a horse.

2. A severe or contemptuous remark; an expression of sarcastic scorn; a gibe; a sarcasm. I, who love to have a fling, Both at senate house and king. Swift.

3. A kind of dance; as, the Highland fling.

4. A trifing matter; an object of contempt. [Obs.] England were but a fling Save for the crooked stick and the gray goose wing. Old Proverb. To have one's fling, to enjoy one's self to the full; to have a season of dissipation. J. H. Newman. "When I was as young as you, I had my fling. I led a life of pleasure." D. Jerrold.

FLINGDUST
Fling"dust`, n.

Defn: One who kicks up the dust; a streetwalker; a low manner. [Obs.]
Beau. & Fl.

FLINGER
Fling"er, n.

Defn: One who flings; one who jeers.

FLINT
Flint, n. Etym: [AS. flint, akin to Sw. flinta, Dan. flint; cf. OHG.
flins flint, G. flinte gun (cf. E. flintlock), perh. akin to Gr.
Plinth.]

1. (Min.)

Defn: A massive, somewhat impure variety of quartz, in color usually of a gray to brown or nearly black, breaking with a conchoidal fracture and sharp edge. It is very hard, and strikes fire with steel.

2. A piece of flint for striking fire; — formerly much used, esp. in the hammers of gun locks.

3. Anything extremely hard, unimpressible, and unyielding, like flint. "A heart of flint." Spenser. Flint age. (Geol.) Same as Stone age, under Stone. — Flint brick, a fire made principially of powdered silex. — Flint glass. See in the Vocabulary. — Flint implements (Archæol.), tools, etc., employed by men before the use of metals, such as axes, arrows, spears, knives, wedges, etc., which were commonly made of flint, but also of granite, jade, jasper, and other hard stones. — Flint mill. (a) (Pottery) A mill in which flints are ground. (b) (Mining) An obsolete appliance for lighting the miner at his work, in which flints on a revolving wheel were made to produce a shower of sparks, which gave light, but did not inflame the fire damp. Knight. — Flint stone, a hard, siliceous stone; a flint. — Flint wall, a kind of wall, common in England, on the face of which are exposed the black surfaces of broken flints set in the mortar, with quions of masonry. — Liquor of flints, a solution of silica, or flints, in potash. — To skin a flint, to be capable of, or guilty of, any expedient or any meanness for making money. [Colloq.]

FLINT GLASS
Flint" glass`. (Chem.)

Defn: A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; — so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass.

Note: The concave or diverging half on an achromatic lens is usually made of flint glass.

FLINT-HEARTED
Flint"-heart`ed, a.

Defn: Hard-hearted. Shak.

FLINTINESS
Flint"i*ness, n.

Defn: The state or quality of being flinty; hardness; cruelty. Beau. & Fl.

FLINTLOCK
Flint"lock`, n.

1. A lock for a gun or pistol, having a flint fixed in the hammer, which on stricking the steel ignites the priming.

2. A hand firearm fitted with a flintlock; esp., the old-fashioned musket of European and other armies.

FLINTWARE
Flint"ware`, n.

Defn: A superior kind of earthenware into whose composition flint enters largely. Knight.

FLINTWOOD
Flint"wood`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: An Australian name for the very hard wood of the Eucalyptus piluralis.

FLINTY
Flint"y, a. [Compar. Flintier; superl. Flintiest.]

Defn: Consisting of, composed of, abounding in, or resembling, flint; as, a flinty rock; flinty ground; a flinty heart. Flinty rockFlinty state, a siliceous slate; — basanite is here included. See Basanite.

FLIP Flip, n. Etym: [Cf. Prov. E. flip nimble, flippant, also, a slight blow. Cf. Flippant.]

Defn: A mixture of beer, spirit, etc., stirred and heated by a hot iron. Flip dog, an iron used, when heated, to warm flip.

FLIP
Flip, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flipped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flipping.]

Defn: To toss or fillip; as, to flip up a cent. As when your little ones Do 'twixt their fingers flip their cherry stones. W. Browne.

FLIPE
Flipe, v. t.

Defn: To turn inside out, or with the leg part back over the foot, as a stocking in pulling off or for putting on. [Scot.]

FLIP-FLAP
Flip"-flap`, n. Etym: [See Flip, and Flap.]

Defn: The repeated stroke of something long and loose. Johnson.

FLIP-FLAP
Flip"-flap`, adv.

Defn: With repeated strokes and noise, as of something long and loose. Ash.

FLIPPANCY
Flip"pan*cy, n.Etym: [See Flippant.]

Defn: The state or quality of being flippant.
This flippancy of language. Bp. Hurd.

FLIPPANT
Flip"pant, a. Etym: [Prov. E. flip to move nimbly; cf. W. llipa soft,
limber, pliant, or Icel. fleipa to babble, prattle. Cf. Flip, Fillip,
Flap, Flipper.]

1. Of smooth, fluent, and rapid speech; speaking with ease and rapidity; having a voluble tongue; talkative. It becometh good men, in such cases, to be flippant and free in their speech. Barrow.

2. Speaking fluently and confidently, without knowledge or consideration; empty; trifling; inconsederate; pert; petulant. "Flippant epilogous." Thomson. To put flippant scorn to the blush. I. Taylor. A sort of flippant, vain discourse. Burke.

FLIPPANT
Flip"pant, n.

Defn: A flippant person. [R.] Tennyson.

FLIPPANTLY
Flip"pant*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flippant manner.

FLIPPANTNESS
Flip"pant*ness, n.

Defn: State or quality of being flippant.

FLIPPER
Flip"per, n. Etym: [Cf. Flip, Flippant.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A broad flat limb used for swimming, as those of seals, sea turtles, whales, etc.

2. (Naut.)

Defn: The hand. [Slang]

FLIRT
Flirt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flirted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flirting.] Etym:
[Cf. AS. fleard trifle, folly, fleardian to trifle.]

1. To throw with a jerk or quick effort; to fling suddenly; as, they flirt water in each other's faces; he flirted a glove, or a handkerchief.

2. To toss or throw about; to move playfully to and fro; as, to flirt a fan.

3. To jeer at; to treat with contempt; to mock. [Obs.] I am ashamed; I am scorned; I am flirted. Beau. & Fl.

FLIRT
Flirt, v. i.

1. To run and dart about; to act with giddiness, or from a desire to attract notice; especially, to play the coquette; to play at courtship; to coquet; as, they flirt with the young men.

2. To utter contemptious language, with an air of disdain; to jeer or gibe. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

FLIRT
Flirt, n.

1. A sudden jerk; a quick throw or cast; a darting motion; hence, a
jeer.
Several little flirts and vibrations. Addison.
With many a flirt and flutter. E. A. Poe.

2. Etym: [Cf. LG. flirtje, G. flirtchen. See Flirt, v. t.]

Defn: One who flirts; esp., a woman who acts with giddiness, or plays at courtship; a coquette; a pert girl. Several young flirts about town had a design to cast us out of the fashionable world. Addison.

FLIRT
Flirt, a.

Defn: Pert; wanton. [Obs.]

FLIRTATION
Flir*ta"tion, n.

1. Playing at courtship; coquerty. The flirtations and jealousies of our ball rooms. Macaulay.

FLIRT-GILL
Flirt"-gill`, n.

Defn: A woman of light behavior; a gill-flirt. [Obs.] Shak.
You heard him take me up like a flirt-gill. Beau. & Fl.

FLIRTIGIG
Flirt"i*gig, n.

Defn: A wanton, pert girl. [Obs.]

FLIRTINGLY
Flirt"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flirting manner.

FLISK
Flisk, v. i.

Defn: To frisk; to skip; to caper. [Obs. Scot.] "The flisking flies."
Gosson.

FLISK
Flisk, n.

Defn: A caper; a spring; a whim. [Scot.]

FLIT
Flit, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flitting.] Etym:
[OE. flitten, flutten, to carry away; cf. Icel. flytja, Sw. flytta,
Dan. flytte. Fleet, v. i.]

1. To move with celerity through the air; to fly away with a rapid motion; to dart along; to fleet; as, a bird flits away; a cloud flits along. A shadow flits before me. Tennyson.

2. To flutter; to rove on the wing. Dryden.

3. To pass rapidly, as a light substance, from one place to another; to remove; to migrate. It became a received opinion, that the souls of men, departing this life, did flit out of one body into some other. Hooker.

4. To remove from one place or habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] Wright. Jamieson.

5. To be unstable; to be easily or often moved. And the free soul to flitting air resigned. Dryden.

FLIT
Flit, a.

Defn: Nimble; quick; swift. [Obs.] See Fleet.

FLITCH Flitch, n.; pl. Flitches. Etym: [OE. flicche, flikke, AS. flicce, akin to Icel. flikki; cf. Icel. flik flap, tatter; perh. akin to E. fleck. Cf. Flick, n.]

1. The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon. Swift.

2. One of several planks, smaller timbers, or iron plates, which are secured together, side by side, to make a large girder or built beam.

3. The outside piece of a sawed log; a slab. [Eng.]

FLITE
Flite, v. i. Etym: [AS. flitan to strive, contend, quarrel; akin to
G. fleiss industry.]

Defn: To scold; to quarrel. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

FLITE; FLYTE
Flite, Flyte, n. [AS. flit. See Flite.]

Defn: Strife; dispute; abusive or upbraiding talk, as in fliting; wrangling. [Obs. or Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

The bird of Pallas has also a good "flyte" on the moral side . . . in his suggestion that the principal effect of the nightingale's song is to make women false to their husbands. Saintsbury.

FLITTER
Flit"ter, v. i.

Defn: To flutter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLITTER
Flit"ter, v. t.

Defn: To flutter; to move quickly; as, to flitter the cards. [R.]
Lowell.

FLITTER Flit"ter, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flitter spangle, tinsel, flittern to make a tremulous motion, to glitter. Cf. Flitter, v. i.]

Defn: A rag; a tatter; a small piece or fragment.

FLITTERMOUSE
Flit"ter*mouse`, n. Etym: [Flitter, v.i. + mouse; cf. G. fledermaus,
OHG. fledarm. Cf. Flickermouse, Flindermouse.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: A bat; — called also flickermouse, flindermouse, and flintymouse.

FLITTERN
Flit"tern, a.

Defn: A term applied to the bark obtained from young oak trees.
McElrath.

FLITTINESS
Flit"ti*ness, n. Etym: [From Flitty.]

Defn: Unsteadiness; levity; lightness. [Obs.] Bp. Hopkins.

FLITTING
Flit"ting, n.

1. A flying with lightness and celerity; a fluttering.

2. A removal from one habitation to another. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.] A neighbor had lent his cart for the flitting, and it was now standing loaded at the door, ready to move away. Jeffrey.

FLITTING; FLYTTING
Flitt"ing, Flytt"ing, n.

Defn: Contention; strife; scolding; specif., a kind of metrical contest between two persons, popular in Scotland in the 16th century. [Obs. or Scot.]

These "flytings" consisted of alternate torrents of sheer
Billingsgate poured upon each other by the combatants.
Saintsbury.

FLITTINGLY
Flit"ting*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flitting manner.

FLITTY
Flit"ty, a. Etym: [From Flit.]

Defn: Unstable; fluttering. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

FLIX
Flix, n. Etym: [Cf. Flax.]

Defn: Down; fur. [Obs. or Eng.] J. Dyer.

FLIX
Flix, n.

Defn: The flux; dysentery. [Obs.] Udall. Flix weed (Bot.), the Sisymbrium Sophia, a kind of hedge mustard, formerly used as a remedy for dysentery.

FLO
Flo, n.; pl. Flon. Etym: [AS. fla, flan.]

Defn: An arrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLOAT Float, n.Etym: [OE. flote ship, boat, fleet, AS. flota ship, fr. fleótan to float; akin to D. vloot fleet, G. floss raft, Icel. floti float, raft, fleet, Sw. flotta. sq. root 84. See Fleet, v. i., and cf. Flotilla, Flotsam, Plover.]

1. Anything which floats or rests on the surface of a fluid, as to sustain weight, or to indicate the height of the surface, or mark the place of, something. Specifically: (a) A mass of timber or boards fastened together, and conveyed down a stream by the current; a raft. (b) The hollow, metallic ball of a self-acting faucet, which floats upon the water in a cistern or boiler. (c) The cork or quill used in angling, to support the bait line, and indicate the bite of a fish. (d) Anything used to buoy up whatever is liable to sink; an inflated bag or pillow used by persons learning to swim; a life preserver. This reform bill . . . had been used as a float by the conservative ministry. J. P. Peters.

2. A float board. See Float board (below).

3. (Tempering)

Defn: A contrivance for affording a copious stream of water to the heated surface of an object of large bulk, as an anvil or die. Knight.

4. The act of flowing; flux; flow. [Obs.] Bacon.

5. A quantity of earth, eighteen feet square and one foot deep. [Obs.] Mortimer.

6. (Plastering)

Defn: The trowel or tool with which the floated coat of plastering is leveled and smoothed.

7. A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. Knight.

8. A single-cut file for smoothing; a tool used by shoemakers for rasping off pegs inside a shoe.

9. A coal cart. [Eng.] Simmonds.

10. The sea; a wave. See Flote, n. Float board, one of the boards fixed radially to the rim of an undershot water wheel or of a steamer's paddle wheel; — a vane. — Float case (Naut.), a caisson used for lifting a ship. — Float copper or gold (Mining), fine particles of metallic copper or of gold suspended in water, and thus liable to be lost. — Float ore, water-worn particles of ore; fragments of vein material found on the surface, away from the vein outcrop. Raymond. — Float stone (Arch.), a siliceous stone used to rub stonework or brickwork to a smooth surface. — Float valve, a valve or cock acted upon by a float. See Float, 1 (b).

FLOAT
Float, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floated; p. pr. & vb. n. Floating.] Etym:
[OE. flotien, flotten, AS. flotian to float, swim, fr. fleótan. See
Float, n.]

1. To rest on the surface of any fluid; to swim; to be buoyed up.
The ark no more now floats, but seems on ground. Milton.
Three blustering nights, borne by the southern blast, I floated.
Dryden.

2. To move quietly or gently on the water, as a raft; to drift along; to move or glide without effort or impulse on the surface of a fluid, or through the air. They stretch their broad plumes and float upon the wind. Pope. There seems a floating whisper on the hills. Byron.

FLOAT
Float, v. t.

1. To cause to float; to cause to rest or move on the surface of a fluid; as, the tide floated the ship into the harbor. Had floated that bell on the Inchcape rock. Southey.

2. To flood; to overflow; to cover with water. Proud Pactolus floats the fruitful lands. Dryden.

3. (Plastering)

Defn: To pass over and level the surface of with a float while the plastering is kept wet.

4. To support and sustain the credit of, as a commercial scheme or a joint-stock company, so as to enable

FLOATABLE
Float"a*ble, a.

Defn: That may be floated.

FLOATAGE
Float"age (; 48), n.

Defn: Same as Flotage.

FLOATATION
Float*a"tion, n.

Defn: See Flotation.

FLOATER
Float"er, n.

1. One who floats or swims.

2. A float for indicating the height of a liquid surface.

FLOATING
Float"ing, a.

1. Buoyed upon or in a fluid; a, the floating timbers of a wreck; floating motes in the air.

2. Free or lose from the usual attachment; as, the floating ribs in man and some other animals.

3. Not funded; not fixed, invested, or determined; as, floating capital; a floating debt. Trade was at an end. Floating capital had been withdrawn in great masses from the island. Macaulay. Floating anchor (Naut.), a drag or sea anchor; drag sail. — Floating battery (Mil.), a battery erected on rafts or the hulls of ships, chiefly for the defense of a coast or the bombardment of a place. — Floating bridge. (a) A bridge consisting of rafts or timber, with a floor of plank, supported wholly by the water; a bateau bridge. See Bateau. (b) (Mil.) A kind of double bridge, the upper one projecting beyond the lower one, and capable of being moved forward by pulleys; — used for carrying troops over narrow moats in attacking the outworks of a fort. (c) A kind of ferryboat which is guided and impelled by means of chains which are anchored on each side of a stream, and pass over wheels on the vessel, the wheels being driven by stream power. (d) The landing platform of a ferry dock. — Floating cartilage (Med.), a cartilage which moves freely in the cavity of a joint, and often interferes with the functions of the latter. — Floating dam. (a) An anchored dam. (b) A caisson used as a gate for a dry dock. — Floating derrick, a derrick on a float for river and harbor use, in raising vessels, moving stone for harbor improvements, etc. — Floating dock. (Naut.) See under Dock. — Floating harbor, a breakwater of cages or booms, anchored and fastened together, and used as a protection to ships riding at anchor to leeward. Knight. — Floating heart (Bot.), a small aquatic plant (Limnanthemum lacunosum) whose heart-shaped leaves float on the water of American ponds. — Floating island, a dish for dessert, consisting of custard with floating masses of whipped cream or white of eggs. — Floating kidney. (Med.) See Wandering kidney, under Wandering. — Floating light, a light shown at the masthead of a vessel moored over sunken rocks, shoals, etc., to warn mariners of danger; a light- ship; also, a light erected on a buoy or floating stage. — Floating liver. (Med.) See Wandering liver, under Wandering. — Floating pier, a landing stage or pier which rises and falls with the tide. — Floating ribs (Anat.), the lower or posterior ribs which are not connected with the others in front; in man they are the last two pairs. — Floating screed (Plastering), a strip of plastering first laid on, to serve as a guide for the thickness of the coat. — Floating threads (Weaving), threads which span several other threads without being interwoven with them, in a woven fabric.

FLOATING
Float"ing, n.

1. (Weaving)

Defn: Floating threads. See Floating threads, above.

2. The second coat of three-coat plastering. Knight.

FLOATING CHARGE; FLOATING LIEN
Floating charge, lien, etc. (Law)

Defn: A charge, lien, etc., that successively attaches to such assets as a person may have from time to time, leaving him more or less free to dispose of or encumber them as if no such charge or lien existed.

FLOATINGLY
Float"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a floating manner.

FLOATY
Float"y, a.

Defn: Swimming on the surface; buoyant; light. Sir W. Raleigh.

FLOBERT
Flo"bert, n. (Gun.)

Defn: A small cartridge designed for target shooting; — sometimes called ball cap. Flobert rifle, a rifle adapted to the use of floberts.

FLOCCILLATION Floc`cil*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. floccus a flock of wool. Cf. Flock of wool.] (Med.)

Defn: A delirious picking of bedclothes by a sick person, as if to pick off flocks of wool; carphology; — an alarming symptom in acute diseases. Dunglison.

FLOCCOSE
Floccose", a. Etym: [L. floccosus. Cf. 2d Flock, n.]

1. Spotted with small tufts like wool. Wright.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Having tufts of soft hairs, which are often deciduous.

FLOCCULAR
Floc"cu*lar, a. (Anat.)

Defn: Of or pertaining to the flocculus.

FLOCCULATE
Floc"cu*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocculated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flocculating.] (Geol.)

Defn: To aggregate into small lumps.

FLOCCULATE
Floc"cu*late, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Furnished with tufts of curly hairs, as some insects.

FLOCCULATION
Floc`cu*la"tion, n. (Geol.)

Defn: The process by which small particles of fine soils and sediments aggregate into larger lumps.

FLOCCULE
Floc"cule, n. [See Flocculus.]

1. A detached mass of loosely fibrous structure like a shredded tuft of wool.

2. (Chem.) Specif.: A small particle of an insoluble substance formed in a liquid by the union of smaller particles.

FLOCCULENCE
Floc"cu*lence, n.

Defn: The state of being flocculent.

FLOCCULENT
Floc"cu*lent, a. Etym: [See Flock of wool.]

1. Clothed with small flocks or flakes; woolly. Gray.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Applied to the down of newly hatched or unfledged birds.

FLOCCULUS Floc"cu*lus, n.; pl. Flocculi. Etym: [NL., dim. of L. floccus a lock or flock of wool.] (Anat.)

Defn: A small lobe in the under surface of the cerebellum, near the middle peduncle; the subpeduncular lobe.

FLOCCUS
Floc"cus, n.; pl. Flocci. Etym: [L., a flock of wool.]

1. (Zoöl.) (a) The tuft of hair terminating the tail of mammals. (b) A tuft of feathers on the head of young birds.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A woolly filament sometimes occuring with the sporules of certain fungi.

FLOCK
Flock, n. Etym: [AS. flocc flock, company; akin to Icel. flokkr
crowd, Sw. flock, Dan. flok; prob. orig. used of flows, and akin to
E. fly. See Fly.]

1. A company or collection of living creatures; — especially applied to sheep and birds, rarely to persons or (except in the plural) to cattle and other large animals; as, a flock of ravenous fowl. Milton. The heathen . . . came to Nicanor by flocks. 2 Macc. xiv. 14.

2. A Christian church or congregation; considered in their relation to the pastor, or minister in charge. As half amazed, half frighted all his flock. Tennyson.

FLOCK
Flock, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flocked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flocking.]

Defn: To gather in companies or crowds.
Friends daily flock. Dryden.
Flocking fowl (Zoöl.), the greater scaup duck.

FLOCK
Flock, v. t.

Defn: To flock to; to crowd. [Obs.]
Good fellows, trooping, flocked me so. Taylor (1609).

FLOCK
Flock, n. Etym: [OE. flokke; cf. D. vlok, G. flocke, OHG. floccho,
Icel. fl, perh. akin to E. flicker, flacker, or cf. L. floccus, F.
floc.]

1. A lock of wool or hair. I prythee, Tom, beat Cut's saddle, put a few flocks in the point [pommel]. Shak.

2. Woolen or cotton refuse (sing. or pl.), old rags, etc., reduced to a degree of fineness by machinery, and used for stuffing unpholstered furniture.

3. Very fine, sifted, woolen refuse, especially that from shearing the nap of cloths, used as a coating for wall paper to give it a velvety or clothlike appearance; also, the dust of vegetable fiber used for a similar purpose. Flock bed, a bed filled with flocks or locks of coarse wool, or pieces of cloth cut up fine. "Once a flock bed, but repaired with straw." Pope. — Flock paper, paper coated with flock fixed with glue or size.

FLOCK
Flock, v. t.

Defn: To coat with flock, as wall paper; to roughen the surface of (as glass) so as to give an appearance of being covered with fine flock.

FLOCKLING
Flock"ling, n.

Defn: A lamb. [Obs.] Brome (1659).

FLOCKLY
Flock"ly, adv.

Defn: In flocks; in crowds. [Obs.]

FLOCKMEL
Flock"mel, adv. Etym: [AS. flocm. See Meal part.]

Defn: In a flock; in a body. [Obs.]
That flockmel on a day they to him went. Chaucer.

FLOCKY
Flock"y, a.

Defn: Abounding with flocks; floccose.

FLOE Floe, n. Etym: [Cf. Dan. flag af iis, iisflage, Sw. flaga, flake, isflaga, isflake. See Flag a flat stone.]

Defn: A low, flat mass of floating ice. Floe rat (Zoöl.), a seal
(Phoca foetida).

FLOG
Flog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Flogging.] Etym:
[Cf. Scot. fleg blow, stroke, kick, AS. flocan to strike, or perh.
fr. L. flagellare to whip. Cf. Flagellate.]

Defn: To beat or strike with a rod or whip; to whip; to lash; to chastise with repeated blows.

FLOGGER
Flog"ger, n.

1. One who flogs.

2. A kind of mallet for beating the bung stave of a cask to start the bung. Knight.

FLOGGING
Flog"ging, a. & n.

Defn: from Flog, v. t. Flogging chisel (Mach.), a large cold chisel, used in chipping castings. — Flogging hammer, a small sledge hammer used for striking a flogging chisel.

FLON
Flon, n. pl.

Defn: See Flo. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLONG
Flong ( or ), obs.

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Fling.

FLOOD Flood, n. Etym: [OE. flod a flowing, stream, flood, AS. flod; akin to D. vloed, OS. flod, OHG. fluot, G. flut, Icel. floedh, Sw. & Dan. flod, Goth. flodus; from the root of E. flow. sq. root80. See Flow, v. i.]

1. A great flow of water; a body of moving water; the flowing stream, as of a river; especially, a body of water, rising, swelling, and overflowing land not usually thus covered; a deluge; a freshet; an inundation. A covenant never to destroy The earth again by flood. Milton.

2. The flowing in of the tide; the semidiurnal swell or rise of water in the ocean; — opposed to ebb; as, young flood; high flood. There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Shak.

3. A great flow or stream of any fluid substance; as, a flood of light; a flood of lava; hence, a great quantity widely diffused; an overflowing; a superabundance; as, a flood of bank notes; a flood of paper currency.

4. Menstrual disharge; menses. Harvey. Flood anchor (Naut.) , the
anchor by which a ship is held while the tide is rising.
— Flood fence, a fence so secured that it will not be swept away by
a flood.
— Flood gate, a gate for shutting out, admitting, or releasing, a
body of water; a tide gate.
— Flood mark, the mark or line to which the tide, or a flood,
rises; high-water mark.
— Flood tide, the rising tide; — opposed to ebb tide.
— The Flood, the deluge in the days of Noah.

FLOOD
Flood, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flooded; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooding.]

1. To overflow; to inundate; to deluge; as, the swollen river flooded the valley.

2. To cause or permit to be inundated; to fill or cover with water or other fluid; as, to flood arable land for irrigation; to fill to excess or to its full capacity; as, to flood a country with a depreciated currency.

FLOODAGE
Flood"age (; 48), n.

Defn: Inundation. [R.] Carlyle.

FLOODER
Flood"er, n.

Defn: One who floods anything.

FLOODING
Flood"ing, n.

Defn: The filling or covering with water or other fluid; overflow; inundation; the filling anything to excess.

2. (Med.)

Defn: An abnormal or excessive discharge of blood from the uterus.
Dunglison.

FLOOK
Flook, n.

Defn: A fluke of an anchor.

FLOOKAN; FLUKAN
Flook"an, Flu"kan, n. (Mining)

Defn: See Flucan.

FLOOKY
Flook"y, a.

Defn: Fluky.

FLOOR Floor, n. Etym: [AS. fl; akin to D. vloer, G. flur field, floor, entrance hall, Icel. fl floor of a cow stall, cf. Ir. & Gael. lar floor, ground, earth, W. llawr, perh. akin to L. planus level. Cf. Plain smooth.]

1. The bottom or lower part of any room; the part upon which we stand and upon which the movables in the room are supported.

2. The structure formed of beams, girders, etc., with proper covering, which divides a building horizontally into stories. Floor in sense 1 is, then, the upper surface of floor in sense 2.

3. The surface, or the platform, of a structure on which we walk or travel; as, the floor of a bridge.

4. A story of a building. See Story.

5. (Legislative Assemblies) (a) The part of the house assigned to the members. (b) The right to speak. [U.S.]

Note: Instead of he has the floor, the English say, he is in possession of the house.

6. (Naut.)

Defn: That part of the bottom of a vessel on each side of the keelson which is most nearly horizontal.

7. (Mining) (a) The rock underlying a stratified or nearly horizontal deposit. (b) A horizontal, flat ore body. Raymond. Floor cloth, a heavy fabric, painted, varnished, or saturated, with waterproof material, for covering floors; oilcloth. — Floor cramp, an implement for tightening the seams of floor boards before nailing them in position. — Floor light, a frame with glass panes in a floor. — Floor plan. (a) (Shipbuilding) A longitudinal section, showing a ship as divided at the water line. (b) (Arch.) A horizontal section, showing the thickness of the walls and partitions, arrangement of passages, apartments, and openings at the level of any floor of a house.

FLOOR
Floor, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floored; p. pr. & vb. n. Flooring.]

1. To cover with a floor; to furnish with a floor; as, to floor a house with pine boards.

2. To strike down or lay level with the floor; to knock down; hence, to silence by a conclusive answer or retort; as, to floor an opponent. Floored or crushed by him. Coleridge.

3. To finish or make an end of; as, to floor a college examination. [Colloq.] I've floored my little-go work. T. Hughes.

FLOORAGE
Floor"age (; 48), n.

Defn: Floor space.

FLOORER
Floor"er, n.

Defn: Anything that floors or upsets a person, as a blow that knocks him down; a conclusive answer or retort; a task that exceeds one's abilities. [Colloq.]

FLOORHEADS
Floor"heads`, n. pl. (Naut.)

Defn: The upper extermities of the floor of a vessel.

FLOORING
Floor"ing, n.

Defn: A platform; the bottom of a room; a floor; pavement. See Floor, n. Addison.

2. Material for the construction of a floor or floors.

FLOORLESS
Floor"less, a.

Defn: Having no floor.

FLOORWALKER
Floor"walk`er, n.

Defn: One who walks about in a large retail store as an overseer and director. [U.S.]

FLOP
Flop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flopped; p. pr. & vb. n. Flopping.] Etym:
[A variant of flap.]

1. To clap or strike, as a bird its wings, a fish its tail, etc.; to flap.

2. To turn suddenly, as something broad and flat. [Colloq.] Fielding.

FLOP
Flop, v. i.

1. To strike about with something broad abd flat, as a fish with its tail, or a bird with its wings; to rise and fall; as, the brim of a hat flops.

2. To fall, sink, or throw one's self, heavily, clumsily, and unexpectedly on the ground. [Colloq.] Dickens.

FLOP
Flop, n.

Defn: Act of flopping. [Colloq.] W. H. Russell.

FLOPPY
Flop"py, n.

Defn: Having a tendency to flop or flap; as, a floppy hat brim. G.
Eliot.

FLOPWING
Flop"wing`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The lapwing.

FLORA Flo"ra, n. Etym: [L., the goddess of flowers, from flos, floris, flower. See Flower.]

1. (Rom. Myth.)

Defn: The goddess of flowers and spring.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

FLORAL
Flo"ral, a. Etym: [L. Floralis belonging to Flora: cf. F. floral. See
Flora.]

1. Pertaining to Flora, or to flowers; made of flowers; as, floral games, wreaths.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Containing, or belonging to, a flower; as, a floral bud; a floral leaf; floral characters. Martyn. Floral envelope (Bot.), the calyx and corolla, one or the other of which (mostly the corolla) may be wanting.

FLORALLY
Flo"ral*ly, adv.

Defn: In a floral manner.

FLORAMOUR
Flo"ra*mour, n.Etym: [L. flos, floris, flower + amorlove.]

Defn: The plant love-lies-bleeding. [Obs.] Prior.

FLORAN
Flo"ran, n. (Mining)

Defn: Tin ore scarcely perceptible in the stone; tin ore stamped very fine. Pryce.

FLOREAL
Flo`réal", n. Etym: [F. floréal, fr. L. flos, floris, flower.]

Defn: The eight month of the French republican calendar. It began
April 20, and ended May 19. See Vendémiare.

FLOREN
Flor"en, n. Etym: [LL. florenus. See Florin.]

Defn: A cerain gold coin; a Florence. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FLORENCE Flor"ence, n. Etym: [From the city of Florence: cf. F. florence a kind of cloth, OF. florin.]

1. An ancient gold coin of the time of Edward III., of six shillings sterling value. Camden.

2. A kind of cloth. Johnson. Florence flask. See under Flask.
— Florence oil, olive oil prepared in Florence.

FLORENTINE
Flor"en*tine ( or ; 277), a. Etym: [L. Florentinus, fr. Florentia
Florence: cf. F. florentin.]

Defn: Belonging or relating to Florence, in Italy. Florentine mosaic, a mosaic of hard or semiprecious stones, often so chosen and arranged that their natural colors represent leaves, flowers, and the like, inlaid in a background, usually of black or white marble.

FLORENTINE
Flor"en*tine, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Florence, a city in Italy.

2. A kind of silk. Knight.

3. A kind of pudding or tart; a kind of meat pie. [Obs.] Stealing custards, tarts, and florentines. Beau. & Fl.

FLORESCENCE
Flo*res"cence, n. Etym: [See Florescent.] (Bot.)

Defn: A bursting into flower; a blossoming. Martyn.

FLORESCENT
Flo*res"cent, a. Etym: [L. florescens, p.pr. of florescere begin to
blossom, incho. fr. florere to blossom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
Flower.]

Defn: Expanding into flowers; blossoming.

FLORET Flo"ret, n. Etym: [OF. florete, F. fleurette, dim. of OF. lor, F. fleur. See Flower, and cf. Floweret, 3d Ferret.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A little flower; one of the numerous little flowers which compose the head or anthodium in such flowers as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Gray.

2. Etym: [F. fleuret.]

Defn: A foil; a blunt sword used in fencing. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

FLORIAGE
Flo"ri*age, n. Etym: [L. flos, flori, flower.]

Defn: Bloom; blossom. [Obs.] J. Scott.

FLORIATED
Flo"ri*a`ted, a. (Arch.)

Defn: Having floral ornaments; as, floriated capitals of Gothic pillars.

FLORIATION
Flo`ri*a"tion, n.

1. Ornamentation by means of flower forms, whether closely imitated or conventionalized.

2. Any floral ornament or decoration. Rock.

FLORICOMOUS
Flo*ric"o*mous, a. Etym: [L. flos, floris, flower + coma hair.]

Defn: Having the head adorned with flowers. [R.]

FLORICULTURAL
Flo`ri*cul"tur*al ( or ; 135), a.

Defn: Pertaining to the cultivation of flowering plants.

FLORICULTURE Flo"ri*cul`ture ( or ; 135, 277), n. Etym: [L. flos, floris, flower + cultura culture.]

Defn: The cultivation of flowering plants.

FLORICULTURIST
Flo`ri*cul"tur*ist, n.

Defn: One skilled in the cultivation of flowers; a florist.

FLORID
Flor"id, a. Etym: [L. floridus, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
Flower.]

1. Covered with flowers; abounding in flowers; flowery. [R.] Fruit from a pleasant and florid tree. Jer. Taylor.

2. Bright in color; flushed with red; of a lively reddish color; as, a florid countenance.

3. Embellished with flowers of rhetoric; enriched to excess with figures; excessively ornate; as, a florid style; florid eloquence.

4. (Mus.)

Defn: Flowery; ornamental; running in rapid melodic figures, divisions, or passages, as in variations; full of fioriture or little ornamentations.

FLORIDA BEAN Flor"i*da bean". (Bot.) (a) The large, roundish, flattened seed of Mucuna urens. See under Bean. (b) One of the very large seeds of the Entada scandens.

FLORIDEAE
Flo*rid"e*æ, n. pl. Etym: [NL., from L. flos, floris, a flower.]
(Bot.)

Defn: A subclass of algæ including all the red or purplish seaweeds; the Rhodospermeæ of many authors; — so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

FLORIDITY
Flo*rid"i*ty, n.

Defn: The quality of being florid; floridness. Floyer.

FLORIDLY
Flor"id*ly, adv.

Defn: In a florid manner.

FLORIDNESS
Flor"id*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being florid. Boyle.

FLORIFEROUS Flo*rif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. florifer; flos, floris, flower + ferre to bear; cf. F. florifère.]

Defn: Producing flowers. Blount.

FLORIFICATION Flo`ri*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. flos, floris, flower + facere to make.]

Defn: The act, process, or time of flowering; florescence.

FLORIFORM Flo"ri*form ( or ), a. Etym: [L. flos, floris, flower + -form: cf. F. floriforme.]

Defn: Having the form of a flower; flower-shaped.

FLORIKEN
Flo"ri*ken, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: An Indian bustard (Otis aurita). The Bengal floriken is
Sypheotides Bengalensis. [Written also florikan, floriken, florican.]

FLORILEGE Flo"ri*lege, n. Etym: [L. florilegus flower-culling; flos, floris, flower + legere to gather: cf. F. florilège.]

Defn: The act of gathering flowers.

FLORIMER
Flo"ri*mer, n. (Bot.)

Defn: See Floramour. [Obs.]

FLORIN Flor"in, n. Etym: [F. florin, It. florino, orig., a Florentine coin, with a lily on it, fr. flore a flower, fr. L. flos. See Flower, and cf. Floren.]

Defn: A silver coin of Florence, first struck in the twelfth century, and noted for its beauty. The name is given to different coins in different countries. The florin of England, first minted in 1849, is worth two shillings, or about 48 cents; the florin of the Netherlands, about 40 cents; of Austria, about 36 cents.

FLORIST Flo"rist ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [Cf. F. fleuriste, floriste, fr. F. fleur flower. See Flower.]

1. A cultivator of, or dealer in, flowers.

2. One who writes a flora, or an account of plants.

FLOROON
Flo*roon", n. Etym: [F. fleuron. See Flower.]

Defn: A border worked with flowers. Wright.

FLORULENT
Flor"u*lent, a. Etym: [L. florulentus, fr. flos, floris, flower.]

Defn: Flowery; blossoming. [Obs.] Blount.

FLOSCULAR
Flos"cu*lar, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Flosculous.

FLOSCULARIAN
Flos`cu*la"ri*an, n. Etym: [From L. flosculus a floweret.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a group of stalked rotifers, having ciliated tentacles around the lobed disk.

FLOSCULE Flos*cule, n. Etym: [L. flosculus, dim. of flos flower: cf. F. floscule.] (Bot.)

Defn: A floret.

FLOSCULOUS
Flos"cu*lous, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Consisting of many gamopetalous florets.

FLOS-FERRI
Flos`-fer"ri, n.Etym: [L., flower of iron.] (Min.)

Defn: A variety of aragonite, occuring in delicate white coralloidal forms; — common in beds of iron ore.

FLOSH
Flosh, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flösse a trough in which tin ore is washed.]
(Metallurgy)

Defn: A hopper-shaped box or Knight.

FLOSS Floss (; 195), n. Etym: [It. floscio flabby, soft, fr. L. fluxus flowing, loose, slack. See Flux, n.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The slender styles of the pistillate flowers of maize; also called silk.

2. Untwisted filaments of silk, used in embroidering. Floss silk, silk that has been twisted, and which retains its loose and downy character. It is much used in embroidery. Called also floxed silk. — Floss thread, a kind of soft flaxen yarn or thread, used for embroidery; — called also linen floss, and floss yarn. McElrath.

FLOSS
Floss, n. Etym: [Cf. G. floss a float.]

1. A small stream of water. [Eng.]

2. Fluid glass floating on iron in the puddling furnace, produced by the vitrification of oxides and earths which are present. Floss hole. (a) A hole at the back of a puddling furnace, at which the slags pass out. (b) The tap hole of a melting furnace. Knight.

FLOSSIFICATION
Flos`si*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. Florification.]

Defn: A flowering; florification. [R.] Craig.

FLOSSY
Floss"y, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, made of, or resembling, floss; hence, light; downy.

FLOTA
Flo"ta, n. Etym: [Sp. See Flotilla.]

Defn: A fleet; especially, a

FLOTAGE
Flo"tage, n. Etym: [OF. flotage, F. flottage, fr. flotter to float.]

1. The state of floating.

2. That which floats on the sea or in rivers. [Written also floatage.]

FLOTANT Flo"tant, a. Etym: [OF. flotant, F. flottant, p.pr. of flotter to float.] (Her.)

Defn: Represented as flying or streaming in the air; as, a banner flotant.

FLOTATION Flo*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flottation a floating, flottaison water line, fr. flotter to float. See Flotilla.]

1. The act, process, or state of floating.

2. The science of floating bodies. Center of flotation. (Shipbuilding) (a) The center of any given plane of flotation. (b) More commonly, the middle of the length of the load water line. Rankine. — Plane, or Line, of flotation, the plane or line in which the horizontal surface of a fluid cuts a body floating in it. See Bearing, n., 9 (c). — Surface of flotation (Shipbuilding), the imaginary surface which all the planes of flotation touch when a vessel rolls or pitches; the envelope of all such planes.

FLOTATION PROCESS
Flotation process.

Defn: A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the others flowing off in a film or slime on the surface, though, perhaps, having a greater specific gravity than those that sink.

FLOTE
Flote, v. t.

Defn: To fleet; to skim. [Obs.] Tusser.

FLOTE
Flote, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flot, L. fluctus; also cf. Float, n.]

Defn: A wave. [Obs.] "The Mediterranean flote." Shak.

FLOTERY
Flot"er*y, a.

Defn: Wavy; flowing. [Obs.]
With flotery beard. Chaucer.

FLOTILLA Flo*til"la, n. Etym: [Sp. flotilla, dim. of flota fleet; akin to F. flotte, It. flotta, and F. flot wave, fr. L. fluctus, but prob. influenced by words akin to E. float. See Fluctuate, and cf. Float, n.]

Defn: A little fleet, or a fleet of small vessels.

FLOTSAM; FLOTSON Flot"sam, Flot"son, n. Etym: [F. flotter to float. See FFlotilla, and cf. Jetsam.] (Law)

Defn: Goods lost by shipwreck, and floating on the sea; — in distinction from jetsam or jetson. Blackstone.

FLOTTEN
Flot"ten, p. p. of Flote, v. t.

Defn: Skimmed. [Obs.]

FLOUNCE
Flounce, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flounced (flounst); p. pr. & vb. n.
Flouncing.] Etym: [Cf. OSw. flunsa to immerge.]

Defn: To throw the limbs and body one way and the other; to spring, turn, or twist with sudden effort or violence; to struggle, as a horse in mire; to flounder; to throw one's self with a jerk or spasm, often as in displeasure. To flutter and flounce will do nothing but batter and bruise us. Barrow. With his broad fins and forky tail he laves The rising sirge, and flounces in the waves. Addison.

FLOUNCE
Flounce, n.

Defn: The act of floucing; a sudden, jerking motion of the body.

FLOUNCE Flounce, n. Etym: [Cf. G. flaus, flausch, a tuft of wool or hair; akin to vliess, E. fleece; or perh. corrupted fr. rounce.]

Defn: An ornamental appendage to the skirt of a woman's dress, consisting of a strip gathered and sewed on by its upper edge around the skirt, and left hanging.

FLOUNCE
Flounce, v. t.

Defn: To deck with a flounce or flounces; as, to flounce a petticoat or a frock.

FLOUNDER Floun"der, n. Etym: [Cf. Sw. flundra; akin to Dan. flynder, Icel. fly, G. flunder, and perh. to E. flounder, v.i.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.

Note: The common English flounder is Pleuronectes flesus. There are several common American species used as food; as the smooth flounder (P. glabra); the rough or winter flounder (P. Americanus); the summer flounder, or plaice (Paralichthys dentatus), Atlantic coast; and the starry flounder (Pleuronectes stellatus).

2. (Bootmaking)

Defn: A tool used in crimping boot fronts.

FLOUNDER
Floun"der, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Floundered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Floundering.] Etym: [Cf. D. flodderen to flap, splash through mire,
E. flounce, v.i., and flounder the fish.]

Defn: To fling the limbs and body, as in making efforts to move; to struggle, as a horse in the mire, or as a fish on land; to roll, toss, and tumble; to flounce. They have floundered on from blunder to blunder. Sir W. Hamilton.

FLOUNDER
Floun"der, n.

Defn: The act of floundering.

FLOUR Flour, n. Etym: [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flür flower, flour. See Flower.]

Defn: The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard. Flour bolt, in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones. — Flour box a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box. — Flour dredge or dredger, a flour box. — Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. — Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.

FLOUR
Flour, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Floured; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouring.]

1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.

2. To sprinkle with flour.

FLOURED
Floured, p. a.

Defn: Finely granulated; — said of quicksilver which has been granulated by agitation during the amalgamation process. Raymond.

FLOURISH
Flour"ish, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flourished; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flourishing.] Etym: [OE. florisshen, flurisshen, OF. flurir, F.
fleurir, fr. L. florere to bloom, fr. flos, floris, flower. See
Flower, and -ish.]

1. To grow luxuriantly; to increase and enlarge, as a healthy growing plant; a thrive. A tree thrives and flourishes in a kindly . . . soil. Bp. Horne.

2. To be prosperous; to increase in wealth, honor, comfort, happiness, or whatever is desirable; to thrive; to be prominent and influental; specifically, of authors, painters, etc., to be in a state of activity or production. When all the workers of iniquity do flourish. Ps. xcii 7 Bad men as frequently prosper and flourish, and that by the means of their wickedness. Nelson. We say Of those that held their heads above the crowd, They flourished then or then. Tennyson.

3. To use florid language; to indulge in rhetorical figures and lofty expressions; to be flowery. They dilate . . . and flourish long on little incidents. J. Watts.

4. To make bold and sweeping, fanciful, or wanton movements, by way of ornament, parade, bravado, etc.; to play with fantastic and irregular motion. Impetuous spread The stream, and smoking flourished o'er his head. Pope.

5. To make ornamental strokes with the pen; to write graceful, decorative figures.

6. To execute an irregular or fanciful strain of music, by way of ornament or prelude. Why do the emperor's trumpets flourish thus Shak.

7. To boast; to vaunt; to brag. Pope.

FLOURISH
Flour"ish, v. t.

1. To adorn with flowers orbeautiful figures, either natural or artificial; to ornament with anything showy; to embellish. [Obs.] Fenton.

2. To embellish with the flowers of diction; to adorn with rhetorical figures; to grace with ostentatious eloquence; to set off with a parade of words. [Obs.] Sith that the justice of your title to him Doth flourish the deceit. Shak.

3. To move in bold or irregular figures; to swing about in circles or vibrations by way of show or triumph; to brandish. And flourishes his blade in spite of me. Shak.

4. To develop; to make thrive; to expand. [Obs.] Bottoms of thread . . . which with a good needle, perhaps flourished into large works. Bacon.

FLOURISH
Flour"ish, n.; pl. Flourishes (.

1. A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. [Archaic] The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never had the like. Howell.

2. Decoration; ornament; beauty. The flourish of his sober youth Was the pride of naked truth. Crashaw.

3. Something made or performed in a fanciful, wanton, or vaunting manner, by way of ostentation, to excite admiration, etc.; ostentatious embellishment; ambitious copiousness or amplification; parade of wordas, a flourish of rhetoric or of wit. He lards with flourishes his long harangue. Dryden.

4. A fanciful stroke of the pen or graver; a merely decorative
figure.
The neat characters and flourishes of a Bible curiously printed.
Boyle.

5. A fantastic or decorative musical passage; a strain of triumph or bravado, not forming part of a regular musical composition; a cal; a fanfare. A flourish, trumpets! strike alarum, drums! Shak.

6. The waving of a weapon or other thing; a brandishing; as, the fluorish of a sword.

FLOURISHER
Flour"ish*er, n.

Defn: One who flourishes.

FLOURISHINGLY
Flour"ish*ing*ly

Defn: , adv. In a flourishing manner; ostentatiously.

FLOURY
Flour"y, a.

Defn: Of or resembling flour; mealy; covered with flour. Dickens.

FLOUT
Flout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouting.] Etym:
[OD. fluyten to play the flute, to jeer, D. fluiten, fr. fluit, fr.
French. See Flute.]

Defn: To mock or insult; to treat with contempt.
Phillida flouts me. Walton.
Three gaudy standarts lout the pale blue sky. Byron.

FLOUT
Flout, v. i.

Defn: To practice mocking; to behave with contempt; to sneer; to fleer; — often with at. Fleer and gibe, and laugh and flout. Swift.

FLOUT
Flout, n.

Defn: A mock; an insult.
Who put your beauty to this flout and scorn. Tennyson.

FLOUTER
Flout"er, n.

Defn: One who flouts; a mocker.

FLOUTINGLY
Flout"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With flouting; insultingly; as, to treat a lover floutingly.

FLOW
Flow, obs.

Defn: imp. sing. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer.

FLOW
Flow, v. i. [imp. & p. p. FFlowed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowing.] Etym:
[AS. flowan; akin to D. vloeijen, OHG. flawen to wash, Icel. floa to
deluge, Gr. float, fleet. *80. Cf. Flood.]

1. To move with a continual change of place among the particles or parts, as a fluid; to change place or circulate, as a liquid; as, rivers flow from springs and lakes; tears flow from the eyes.

2. To become liquid; to melt. The mountains flowed down at thy presence. Is. lxiv. 3.

3. To pproceed; to issue forth; as, wealth flows from industry and economy. Those thousand decencies that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.

4. To glide along smoothly, without harshness or asperties; as, a flowing period; flowing numbers; to sound smoothly to the ear; to be uttered easily. Virgil is sweet and flowingin his hexameters. Dryden.

5. To have or be in abundance; to abound; to full, so as to run or flow over; to be copious. In that day . . . the hills shall flow with milk. Joel iii. 18. The exhilaration of a night that needed not the influence of the flowing bowl. Prof. Wilson.

6. To hang loose and waving; as, a flowing mantle; flowing locks. The imperial purple flowing in his train. A. Hamilton.

7. To rise, as the tide; — opposed to ebb; as, the tide flows twice in twenty-four hours. The river hath thrice flowed, no ebb between. Shak.

8. To discharge blood in excess from the uterus.

FLOW
Flow, v. t.

1. To cover with water or other liquid; to overflow; to inundate; to flood.

2. To cover with varnish.

FLOW
Flow, n.

1. A stream of water or other fluid; a current; as, a flow of water; a flow of blood.

2. A continuous movement of something abundant; as, a flow of words.

3. Any gentle, gradual movement or procedure of thought, diction, music, or the like, resembling the quiet, steady movement of a river; a stream. The feast of reason and the flow of soul. Pope.

4. The tidal setting in of the water from the ocean to the shore. See Ebb and flow, under Ebb.

5. A low-lying piece of watery land; — called also flow moss and flow bog. [Scot.] Jamieson.

FLOWAGE
Flow"age (; 48), n.

Defn: An overflowing with water; also, the water which thus overflows.

FLOWEN
Flow"en, obs.

Defn: imp. pl. of Fly, v. i. Chaucer.

FLOWER
Flow"er, n. Etym: [OE. flour, OF. flour, flur, flor, F. fleur, fr. L.
flos, floris. Cf. Blossom, Effloresce, Floret, Florid, Florin, Flour,
Flourish.]

1. In the popular sense, the bloom or blossom of a plant; the showy portion, usually of a different color, shape, and texture from the foliage.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: That part of a plant destined to produce seed, and hence including one or both of the sexual organs; an organ or combination of the organs of reproduction, whether inclosed by a circle of foliar parts or not. A complete flower consists of two essential parts, the stamens and the pistil, and two floral envelopes, the corolla and callyx. In mosses the flowers consist of a few special leaves surrounding or subtending organs called archegonia. See Blossom, and Corolla.

Note: If we examine a common flower, such for instance as a geranium, we shall find that it consists of: First, an outer envelope or calyx, sometimes tubular, sometimes consisting of separate leaves called sepals; secondly, an inner envelope or corolla, which is generally more or less colored, and which, like the calyx, is sometimes tubular, sometimes composed of separate leaves called petals; thirdly, one or more stamens, consisting of a stalk or filament and a head or anther, in which the pollen is produced; and fourthly, a pistil, which is situated in the center of the flower, and consists generally of three principal parts; one or more compartments at the base, each containing one or more seeds; the stalk or style; and the stigma, which in many familiar instances forms a small head, at the top of the style or ovary, and to which the pollen must find its way in order to fertilize the flower. Sir J. Lubbock.

3. The fairest, freshest, and choicest part of anything; as, the flower of an army, or of a family; the state or time of freshness and bloom; as, the flower of life, that is, youth. The choice and flower of all things profitable the Psalms do more briefly contain. Hooker. The flower of the chivalry of all Spain. Southey. A simple maiden in her flower Is worth a hundred coats of arms. Tennyson.

4. Grain pulverized; meal; flour. [Obs.] The flowers of grains, mixed with water, will make a sort of glue. Arbuthnot.

5. pl. (Old. Chem.)

Defn: A substance in the form of a powder, especially when condensed from sublimation; as, the flowers of sulphur.

6. A figure of speech; an ornament of style.

7. pl. (Print.)

Defn: Ornamental type used chiefly for borders around pages, cards, etc. W. Savage.

8. pl.

Defn: Menstrual discharges. Lev. xv. 24. Animal flower (Zoöl.) See
under Animal.
— Cut flowers, flowers cut from the stalk, as for making a bouquet.
— Flower bed, a plat in a garden for the cultivation of flowers.
— Flower beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers, esp.
any one of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, family
Nitidulidæ, some of which are injurious to crops.
— Flower bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis,
allied to the honey eaters.
— Flower bud, an unopened flower.
— Flower clock, an assemblage of flowers which open and close at
different hours of the day, thus indicating the time.
— Flower head (Bot.), a compound flower in which all the florets
are sessile on their receptacle, as in the case of the daisy.
— Flower pecker (Zoöl.), one of a family (Dicæidæ) of small Indian
and Australian birds. They resemble humming birds in habits.
— Flower piece. (a) A table ornament made of cut flowers. (b) (Fine
Arts) A picture of flowers.
— Flower stalk (Bot.), the peduncle of a plant, or the stem that
supports the flower or fructification.

FLOWER
Flow"er, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flowered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flowering.]
Etym: [From the noun. Cf. Flourish.]

1. To blossom; to bloom; to expand the petals, as a plant; to produce flowers; as, this plant flowers in June.

2. To come into the finest or fairest condition. Their lusty and flowering age. Robynson (More's Utopia). When flowered my youthful spring. Spenser.

3. To froth; to ferment gently, as new beer. That beer did flower a little. Bacon.

4. To come off as flowers by sublimation. [Obs.] Observations which have flowered off. Milton.

FLOWER
Flow"er, v. t.

Defn: To embellish with flowers; to adorn with imitated flowers; as, flowered silk.

FLOWERAGE
Flow"er*age (; 48), n.

Defn: State of flowers; flowers, collectively or in general.
Tennyson.

FLOWER-DE-LUCE
Flow"er-de-luce", n. Etym: [Corrupted fr. fleur-de-lis.] (Bot.)

Defn: A genus of perennial herbs (Iris) with swordlike leaves and large three-petaled flowers often of very gay colors, but probably white in the plant first chosen for the royal French emblem.

Note: There are nearly one hundred species, natives of the north
temperate zone. Some of the best known are Iris Germanica, I.
Florentina, I. Persica, I. sambucina, and the American I. versicolor,
I. prismatica, etc.

FLOWERER
Flow"erer, n.

Defn: A plant which flowers or blossoms.
Many hybrids are profuse and persistent flowerers. Darwin.

FLOWERET
Flow"er*et, n.

Defn: A small flower; a floret. Shak.

FLOWER-FENCE
Flow"er-fence`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A tropical leguminous bush (Poinciana, or Cæsalpinia, pulcherrima) with prickly branches, and showy yellow or red flowers; — so named from its having been sometimes used for hedges in the West Indies. Baird.

FLOWERFUL
Flow"er*ful, a.

Defn: Abounding with flowers. Craig.

FLOWER-GENTLE
Flow"er-gen`tle, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).

FLOWERINESS
Flow"er*i*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being flowery.

FLOWERING
Flow"er*ing, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Having conspicuous flowers; — used as an epithet with many names of plants; as, flowering ash; flowering dogwood; flowering almond, etc. Flowering fern, a genus of showy ferns (Osmunda), with conspicuous bivalvular sporangia. They usually grow in wet places. — Flowering plants, plants which have stamens and pistils, and produce true seeds; phenogamous plants; — distinguished from flowerless plants. — Flowering rush, a European rushlike plant (Butomus umbellatus), with an umbel of rosy blossoms.

FLOWERING
Flow"er*ing, n.

1. The act of blossoming, or the season when plants blossom; florification.

2. The act of adorning with flowers.

FLOWERLESS
Flow"er*less, a.

Defn: Having no flowers. Flowerless plants, plants which have no true flowers, and produce no seeds; cryptigamous plants.

FLOWERLESSNESS
Flow"er*less*ness, n.

Defn: State of being without flowers.

FLOWERPOT
Flow"er*pot`, n.

Defn: A vessel, commonly or earthenware, for earth in which plants are grown.

FLOWER STATE
Flow"er State.

Defn: Florida; — a nickname, alluding to sense of L. floridus, from florida flowery. See Florid.

FLOWERY
Flow"er*y, a.

1. Full of flowers; abounding with blossoms.

2. Highly embellished with figurative language; florid; as, a flowery style. Milton. The flowery kingdom, China.

FLOWERY-KIRTLED
Flow"er*y-kir`tled, a.

Defn: Dressed with garlands of flowers. [Poetic & Rare] Milton.

FLOWING
Flow"ing, a.

Defn: That flows or for flowing (in various sense of the verb); gliding along smoothly; copious. Flowing battery (Elec.), a battery which is kept constant by the flowing of the exciting liquid through the cell or cells. Knight. — Flowing furnace, a furnace from which molten metal, can be drawn, as through a tap hole; a foundry cupola. — Flowing sheet (Naut.), a sheet when eased off, or loosened to the wind, as when the wind is abaft the beam. Totten.

FLOWING
Flow"ing,

Defn: a. & n. from Flow, v. i. & t.

FLOWINGLY
Flow"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flowing manner.

FLOWINGNESS
Flow"ing*ness, n.

Defn: Flowing tendency or quality; fluency. [R.] W. Nichols.

FLOWK
Flowk ( or ), n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: See 1st Fluke.

FLOWN
Flown,

Defn: p. p. of Fly; — often used with the auxiliary verb to be; as, the birds are flown.

FLOWN
Flown, a.

Defn: Flushed, inflated.

Note: [Supposed by some to be a mistake for blown or swoln.] Pope.
Then wander forth the sons Of Belial, flown with insolence and wine.
Milton.

FLOXED SILK
Floxed" silk`.

Defn: See Floss silk, under Floss.

FLOYTE
Floyte, n. & v.

Defn: A variant of Flute. [Obs.]

FLUATE
Flu"ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluate. See Fluor.] (Chem.)

Defn: A fluoride. [Obs.]

FLUAVIL
Flu"a*vil, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.)

Defn: A hydrocarbon extracted from gutta-percha, as a yellow, resinous substance; — called also fluanil.

FLUCAN
Flu"can, n. (Mining)

Defn: Soft clayey matter in the vein, or surrounding it. [Written also flookan, flukan, and fluccan.]

FLUCTIFEROUS
Fluc*tif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. fluctus wave + -ferous.]

Defn: Tending to produce waves. Blount.

FLUCTISONOUS Fluc*tis"o*nous, a. Etym: [L. fluctisonus; fluctus wave + sonus sound.]

Defn: Sounding like waves.

FLUCTUABILITY
Fluc`tu*a*bil"i*ty, n.

Defn: The capacity or ability to fluctuate. [R.] H. Walpole.

FLUCTUANT
Fluc"tu*ant, a. Etym: [L. fluctuans, p.pr. of fluctuare. See
Fluctuate.]

1. Moving like a wave; wavering; (Med.)

Defn: showing undulation or fluctuation; as, a fluctuant tumor.

2. Floating on the waves. [Obs.] Bacon.

FLUCTUATE
Fluc"tu*ate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fluctuated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fluctuating.] Etym: [L. fluctuatus, p.p. of fluctuare, to wave, fr.
fluctus wave, fr. fluere, fluctum, to flow. See Fluent, and cf.
Flotilla.]

1. To move as a wave; to roll hither and thither; to wave; to float backward and forward, as on waves; as, a fluctuating field of air. Blackmore.

2. To move now in one direction and now in another; to be wavering or unsteady; to be irresolute or undetermined; to vacillate.

Syn. — To waver; vacillate; hesitate; scruple. — To Fluctuate, Vacillate, Waver. — Fluctuate is applied both to things and persons and denotes that they move as they are acted upon. The stocks fluctuate; a man fluctuates. between conflicting influences. Vacillate and waver are applied to persons to represent them as acting themselves. A man vacillates when he goes backward and forward in his opinions and purposes, without any fixity of mind or principles. A man wavers when he shrinks back or hesitates at the approach of difficulty or danger. One who is fluctuating in his feelings is usually vacillating in resolve, and wavering in execution.

FLUCTUATE
Fluc"tu*ate, v. t.

Defn: To cause to move as a wave; to put in motion. [R.]
And fluctuate all the still perfume. Tennyson.

FLUCTUATION
Fluc`tu*a"tion, n. Etym: [L. fluctuatio; cf. F. fluctuation.]

1. A motion like that of waves; a moving in this and that direction; as, the fluctuations of the sea.

2. A wavering; unsteadiness; as, fluctuations of opinion; fluctuations of prices.

3. (Med.)

Defn: The motion or undulation of a fluid collected in a natural or artifical cavity, which is felt when it is subjected to pressure or percussion. Dunglison.

FLUE Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. OF. flue a flowing, fr. fluer to flow, fr. L. fluere (cf. Fluent); a perh. a corruption of E. flute.]

Defn: An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.: (a) A compartment or division of a chimney for conveying flame and smoke to the outer air. (b) A passage way for conducting a current of fresh, foul, or heated air from one place to another. (c) (Steam Boiler) A pipe or passage for conveying flame and hot gases through surrounding water in a boiler; — distinguished from a tube which holds water and is surrounded by fire. Small flues are called fire tubes or simply tubes. Flue boiler. See under Boiler. — Flue bridge, the separating low wall between the flues and the laboratory of a reverberatory furnace. — Flue plate (Steam Boiler), a plate to which the ends of the flues are fastened; — called also flue sheet, tube sheet, and tube plate. — Flue surface (Steam Boiler), the aggregate surface of flues exposed to flame or the hot gases.

FLUE Flue, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flou light, tender, G. flau weak, W. llwch dust. sq. root84.]

Defn: Light down, such as rises from cotton, fur, etc.; very fine lint or hair. Dickens.

FLUENCE
Flu"ence, n.

Defn: Fluency. [Obs.] Milton.

FLUENCY
Flu"en*cy, n. Etym: [L. fluentia: cf. F. fluence. See Fluent.]

Defn: The quality of being fluent; smoothness; readiness of utterance; volubility. The art of expressing with fluency and perspicuity. Macaulay.

FLUENT
Flu"ent, a. Etym: [L. fluens, -entis, p.pr. of fluere to flow; cf.
Gr. Fluctuate, Flux.]

1. Flowing or capable of flowing; liquid; glodding; easily moving.

2. Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; — said of language; as, fluent speech. With most fluent utterance. Denham. Fluent as the flight of a swallow is the sultan's letter. De Quincey.

FLUENT
Flu"ent, n.

1. A current of water; a stream. [Obs.]

2. Etym: [Cf. F. fluente.] (Math.)

Defn: A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

FLUENTLY
Flu"ent*ly, adv.

Defn: In a fluent manner.

FLUENTNESS
Flu"ent*ness, n.

Defn: The quality of being fluent.

FLUE PIPE
Flue pipe. (Music)

Defn: A pipe, esp. an organ pipe, whose tone is produced by the impinging of a current of air upon an edge, or lip, causing a wave motion in the air within; a mouth pipe; — distinguished from reed pipe. Flue pipes are either open or closed (stopped at the distant end). The flute and flageolet are open pipes; a bottle acts as a closed pipe when one blows across the neck. The organ has both open and closed flue pipes, those of metal being usually round in section, and those of wood triangular or square.

FLUEWORK
Flue"work`, n. (Mus.)

Defn: A general name for organ stops in which the sound is caused by wind passing through a flue or fissure and striking an edge above; — in distinction from reedwork.

FLUEY
Flue"y, a. Etym: [2d Flue.]

Defn: Downy; fluffy. [R.]

FLUFF
Fluff, n. Etym: [Cf. 2d Flue.

Defn: Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

FLUFFY
Fluff"y, a. [Compar. Fluffier; superl. Fluffiest.]

Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, fluff or nap; soft and downy.
"The carpets were fluffy." Thackeray.
The present Barnacle . . . had a youthful aspect, and the fluffiest
little whisker, perhaps, that ever was seen. Dickens.
— Fluff"i*ness, n.

FLUGEL; FLUEGEL
Flü"gel, n. Etym: [G., a wing.] (Mus.)

Defn: A grand piano or a harpsichord, both being wing-shaped.

FLUGELMAN
Flu"gel*man, n. Etym: [G. flügelman.] (Mil.)

Defn: Same as Fugleman.

FLUID
Flu"id, a. Etym: [L. fluidus, fr. fluere to flow: cf. F. fluide. See
Fluent.]

Defn: Having particles which easily move and change their relative position without a separation of the mass, and which easily yield to pressure; capable of flowing; liquid or gaseous.

FLUID
Flu"id, n.

Defn: A fluid substance; a body whose particles move easily among themselves.

Note: Fluid is a generic term, including liquids and gases as species. Water, air, and steam are fluids. By analogy, the term is sometimes applied to electricity and magnetism, as in phrases electric fluid, magnetic fluid, though not strictly appropriate. Fluid dram, or Fluid drachm, a measure of capacity equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce. — Fluid ounce. (a) In the United States, a measure of capacity, in apothecaries' or wine measure, equal to one sixteenth of a pint or 29.57 cubic centimeters. This, for water, is about 1.04158 ounces avoirdupois, or 455.6 grains. (b) In England, a measure of capacity equal to the twentieth part of an imperial pint. For water, this is the weight of the avoirdupois ounce, or 437.5 grains. — Fluids of the body. (Physiol.) The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important fluids of the body. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water. — Burning fluid, Elastic fluid, Electric fluid, Magnetic fluid, etc. See under Burning, Elastic, etc.

FLUIDAL
Flu"id*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a fluid, or to its flowing motion. Fluidal structure (Geol.), the structure characteristic of certain volcanic rocks in which the arrangement of the minute crystals shows the lines of flow of thew molten material before solidification; — also called fluxion structure.

FLUIDITY
Flu*id"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluidité.]

Defn: The quality of being fluid or capable of flowing; a liquid, aëriform. or gaseous state; — opposed to solidity. It was this want of organization, this looseness and fluidity of the new movement, that made it penetrate through every class of society. J. R. Green.

FLUIDIZE
Flu"id*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluidized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fluidizing.]

Defn: To render fluid.

FLUIDNESS
Flu"id*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being flluid; fluidity.

FLUIDOUNCE
Flu"id*ounce`, n.

Defn: See Fluid ounce, under Fluid.

FLUIDRACHM
Flu"i*drachm`, n.

Defn: See Fluid dram, under Fluid. Pharm. of the U. S.

FLUKAN
Flu"kan, n. (Mining)

Defn: Flucan.

FLUKE Fluke, n. Etym: [Cf. LG. flunk, flunka wing, the palm of an anchor; perh. akin to E. fly.]

1. The part of an anchor which fastens in the ground; a flook. See Anchor.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the lobes of a whale's tail, so called from the resemblance to the fluke of an anchor.

3. An instrument for cleaning out a hole drilled in stone for blasting.

4. An accidental and favorable stroke at billiards (called a scratch in the United States); hence, any accidental or unexpected advantage; as, he won by a fluke. [Cant, Eng.] A. Trollope.

FLUKEWORM
Fluke"worm`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Same as 1st Fluke, 2.

FLUKY
Fluk"y, a.

Defn: Formed like, or having, a fluke.

FLUME Flume, n. Etym: [Cf. OE. flum river, OF, flum, fr. L. flumen, fr. fluere to flow. *84. See Fluent.]

Defn: A stream; especially, a passage channel, or conduit for the water that drives a mill wheel; or an artifical channel of water for hydraulic or placer mining; also, a chute for conveying logs or lumber down a declivity.

FLUMINOUS
Flu"mi*nous, a. Etym: [L. flumen, fluminis, river.]

Defn: Pertaining to rivers; abounding in streama.

FLUMMERY Flum"mer*y, n. Etym: [W. llumru, or llumruwd, a kind of food made of oatmeal steeped in water until it has turned sour, fr. llumrig harsh, raw, crude, fr. llum sharp, severe.]

1. A light kind of food, formerly made of flour or meal; a sort of pap. Milk and flummery are very fit for children. Locke.

2. Something insipid, or not worth having; empty compliment; trash; unsubstantial talk of writing. The flummery of modern criticism. J. Morley.

FLUNG
Flung,

Defn: imp. & p. p. of Fling.

FLUNK
Flunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flunked; p. pr. & vb. n. Flunking.] Etym:
[Cf. Funk.]

Defn: To fail, as on a lesson; to back out, as from an undertaking, through fear.

FLUNK
Flunk, v. t.

Defn: To fail in; to shirk, as a task or duty. [Colloq. U.S.]

FLUNK
Flunk, n.

Defn: A failure or backing out; specifically (College cant),

Defn: a total failure in a recitation. [U.S.]

FLUNKY
Flun"ky, n.; pl. Flunkies. Etym: [Prob. fr. or akin to flank.]
[Written also flunkey.]

1. A contemptuous name for a liveried servant or a footman.

2. One who is obsequious or cringing; a snob.

3. One easily deceived in buying stocks; an inexperienced and unwary jobber. [Cant, U.S.]

FLUNKYDOM
Flun"ky*dom, n.

Defn: The place or region of flunkies. C. Kingsley.

FLUNLYISM
Flun"ly*ism, n.

Defn: The quality or characteristics of a flunky; readiness to cringe to those who are superior in wealth or position; toadyism. Thackeray.

FLUO-
Flu"o- (. (Chem.)

Defn: A combining form indicating fluorine as an ingredient; as in fluosilicate, fluobenzene.

FLUOBORATE
Flu`o*bo"rate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluoborate.] (Chem.)

Defn: A salt of fluoboric acid; a fluoboride.

FLUOBORIC
Flu`o*bo"ric, a. Etym: [Fluo- boric: cf. F. fluoborique.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, derived from, or consisting of, fluorine and boron. Fluoridic acid (Chem.), a double fluoride, consisting essentially of a solution of boron fluoride, in hydrofluoric acid. It has strong acid properties, and is the type of the borofluorides. Called also borofluoric acid.

FLUOBORIDE
Flu`o*bo"ride, n. (Chem.)

Defn: See Borofluoride.

FLUOCERINE; FLUOCERITE
Flu`o*ce"rine, Flu`o*ce"rite, n. Etym: [Fluo- + cerium.] (Min.)

Defn: A fluoride of cerium, occuring near Fahlun in Sweden. Tynosite, from Colorado, is probably the same mineral.

FLUOHYDRIC
Flu`o*hy"dric, a. Etym: [Fluo- + hydrogen.] (Chem.)

Defn: See Hydrofluoric.

FLUOPHOSPHATE
Flu`o*phos"phate, n. Etym: [Fluo- + phosphate.] (Chem.)

Defn: A double salt of fluoric and phosphoric acids.

FLUOR
Flu"or, n. Etym: [L., a flowing, fr. fluere to flow. See Fluent.]

1. A fluid state. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.

2. Menstrual flux; catamenia; menses. [Obs.]

3. (Min.)

Defn: See Fluorite.

FLUOR ALBUS
Flu"or albus. Etym: [L., white flow.] (Med.)

Defn: The whites; leucorrhæa.

FLUORANTHENE
Flu`or*an"thene, n. Etym: [Fluorene + anthra (Chem.)

Defn: A white crystalline hydrocarbon C

FLUORATED
Flu"or*a`ted, a. (Chem.)

Defn: Combined with fluorine; subjected to the action of fluoride.
[R.]

FLUORENE
Flu`or*ene, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless, crystalline hydrocarbon, C13H10 having a beautiful violet fluorescence; whence its name. It occurs in the higher boiling products of coal tar, and is obtained artificially.

FLUORESCEIN
Flu`o*res"ce*in, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A yellowish red, crystalline substance, C20H12O5, produced by heating together phthalic anhydride and resorcin; — so called, from the very brilliant yellowish green fluorescence of its alkaline solutions. It has acid properties, and its salts of the alkalies are known to the trade under the name of uranin.

FLUORESCENCE
Flu`o*res"cence, n. Etym: [From Fluor.] (Opt.)

Defn: That property which some transparent bodies have of producing at their surface, or within their substance, light different in color from the mass of the material, as when green crystals of fluor spar afford blue reflections. It is due not to the difference in the color of a distinct surface layer, but to the power which the substance has of modifying the light incident upon it. The light emitted by fluorescent substances is in general of lower refrangibility than the incident light. Stockes.

FLUORESCENT
Flu`o*res"cent, a.

Defn: Having the property of fluorescence.

FLUORESCIN
Flu`o*res"cin, n. (Chem.)

Defn: A colorless, amorphous substance which is produced by the reduction of fluoresceïn, and from which the latter may be formed by oxidation.

FLUORIC
Flu*or"ic, a. Etym: [Cf. F. fluorique.] (Chem.)

Defn: Pertaining to, obtained from, or containing, fluorine.

FLUORIDE
Flu"or*ide ( or ; 104), n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluoride.] (Chem.)

Defn: A binary compound of fluorine with another element or radical.
Calcium fluoride (Min.), fluorite, CaF2. See Fluorite.

FLUORINE
Flu"or*ine ( or ; 104), n. Etym: [NL. fluorina: cf. G. fluorin, F.
fluorine. So called from its occurrence in the mineral fluorite.]
(Chem.)

Defn: A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorless gas. Symbol F. Atomic weight 19.

Note: Fluorine unites with hydrogen to form hydrofluoric acid, which is the agent employed in etching glass. It occurs naturally, principally combined as calcium fluoride in fluorite, and as a double fluoride of aluminium and sodium in cryolite.

FLUORITE
Flu"or*ite, n. (Min.)

Defn: Calcium fluoride, a mineral of many different colors, white, yellow, purple, green, red, etc., often very beautiful, crystallizing commonly in cubes with perfect octahedral cleavage; also massive. It is used as a flux. Some varieties are used for ornamental vessels. Also called fluor spar, or simply fluor.

FLUOROID
Flu"or*oid, n. Etym: [Fluor + -oid.] (Crystallog.)

Defn: A tetrahexahedron; — so called because it is a common form of fluorite.

FLUOROSCOPE
Flu*or"o*scope, n. Etym: [Fluorescence + -scope.] (Phys.)

Defn: An instrument for observing or exhibiting fluorescence.

FLUOROSCOPY
Flu`or*os"co*py, n.

Defn: Examination of an object, as the human body, by exposing it to the X rays and observing the shadow cast upon a fluorescent screen; cryptoscopy.

FLUOROUS
Flu"or*ous, a.

Defn: Pertaining to fluor.

FLUOR SPAR
Flu"or spar`. (Min.)

Defn: See Fluorite.

FLUOSILICATE
Flu`o*sil"i*cate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluosilicate.] (Chem.)

Defn: A double fluoride of silicon and some other (usually basic) element or radical, regarded as a salt of fluosilicic acid; — called also silicofluoride.

FLUOSILICIC
Flu`o*si*lic"ic, a. Etym: [Fluo- + silicic: cf. F. fluosilicique.]
(Chem.)

Defn: Composed of, or derived from, silicon and fluorine. Fluosilicic acid, a double fluoride of hydrogen and silicon, H2F6Si, obtained in solution in water as a sour fuming liquid, and regarded as the type of the fluosilicates; — called also silicofluoric acid, and hydrofluosilicic acid.

FLURRIED
Flur"ried, a.

Defn: Agitated; excited.
— Flur"ried*ly adv.

FLURRY
Flur"ry, n.; pl. Flurries. Etym: [Prov. E. flur to ruffle.]

1. A sudden and brief blast or gust; a light, temporary breeze; as, a flurry of wind.

2. A light shower or snowfall accompanied with wind. Like a flurry of snow on the whistling wind. Longfellow.

3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag.

4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.

FLURRY
Flur"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flurried; p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying.]

Defn: To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H.
Swinburne.

FLURT
Flurt, n.

Defn: A flirt. [Obs.] Quarles.

FLUSH Flush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.] Etym: [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. *84.]

1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the
face.
The flushing noise of many waters. Boyle.
It flushes violently out of the cock. Mortimer.

2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.

3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. Milton.

4. To star Flushing from one spray unto another. W. Browne.

FLUSH
Flush, v. t.

1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.

2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement. Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. Gay. Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow. Keats.

3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with
blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging there!
Tennyson.

4. To excite; to animate; to stir. Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. South.

5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird. Nares. To flush a joints (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.

FLUSH
Flush, n.

1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes. In manner of a wave or flush. Ray.

2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow. The flush of angered shame. Tennyson.

3. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.

4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.

5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.

6. Etym: [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. Flux.]

Defn: A hand of cards of the same suit.

FLUSH
Flush, a.

1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. Shak.

2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. Arbuthnot.

3. (Arch. & Mech.)

Defn: Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.

4. (Card Playing)

Defn: Consisting of cards of one suit. Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. — Flush deck. (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1. — Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.

FLUSH
Flush, adv.

Defn: So as to be level or even.

FLUSHBOARD
Flush"board`, n.

Defn: Same as Flashboard.

FLUSHER
Flush"er, n.

1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The red-backed shrike. See Flasher.

FLUSHING
Flush"ing, n.

1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; — commonly in the [Eng.]

2. (Weaving)

Defn: A surface formed of floating threads.

FLUSHINGLY
Flush"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a flushing manner.

FLUSHNESS
Flush"ness, n.

Defn: The state of being flush; abundance.

FLUSTER
Flus"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n. Flustering.]
Etym: [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.]

Defn: To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle. His habit or flustering himself daily with claret. Macaulay.

FLUSTER
Flus"ter, v. i.

Defn: To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
The flstering, vainglorious Greeks. South.

FLUSTER
Flus"ter, n.

Defn: Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.

FLUSTERATION
Flus`ter*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of flustering, or the state of being flustered; fluster. [Colloq.]

FLUSTRATE
Flus"trate, v. t. Etym: [See Fluster, v. t.]

Defn: To fluster. [Colloq.] Spectator.

FLUSTRATION
Flus*tra"tion, n.

Defn: The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry. [Colloq.]
Richardson.

FLUTE Flute, n. Etym: [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. flaüte, flahute, flahuste, F. fl; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See Flute, v. i.]

1. A musical wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown with the mouth at a lateral hole. The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around. Pope.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: A channel of curved section; — usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.

3. A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.

4. A long French breakfast roll. Simonds.

5. A stop in an organ, having a flutelike sound. Flute bit, a boring tool for piercing ebony, rosewood, and other hard woods. — Flute pipe, an organ pipe having a sharp lip or wind-cutter which imparts vibrations to Knight.

FLUTE
Flute, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fl a transport, D. fluit.]

Defn: A kindof flyboat; a storeship. Armed en flûte ( (Nav.), partially armed.

FLUTE Flute, v. i. Etym: [OE. flouten, floiten, OF. flaüter, fleüter, flouster, F. flûter, cf. D. fluiten; ascribed to an assumed LL. flautare, flatuare, fr. L. flatus a blowing, fr. flare to blow. Cf. Flout, Flageolet, Flatulent.]

Defn: To play on, or as on, a flute; to make a flutelike sound.

FLUTE
Flute, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluted; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluting.]

1. To play, whistle, or sing with a clear, soft note, like that of a
flute.
Knaves are men, That lute and flute fantastic tenderness. Tennyson.
The redwing flutes his o-ka-lee. Emerson.

2. To form flutes or channels in, as in a column, a ruffle, etc.

FLUTE A BEC
Flûte` à bec". Etym: [F.] (Mus.)

Defn: A beak flute, an older form of the flute, played with a mouthpiece resembling a beak, and held like a flageolet.

FLUTED
Flut"ed, a.

1. Thin; fine; clear and mellow; flutelike; as, fluted notes. Busby.

2. Decorated with flutes; channeled; grooved; as, a fluted column; a fluted ruffle; a fluted spectrum.

FLUTEMOUTH
Flute"mouth`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish of the genus Aulostoma, having a much elongated tubular snout.

FLUTER
Flut"er, n.

1. One who plays on the flute; a flutist or flautist.

2. One who makes grooves or flutings.

FLUTING
Flut"ing, n.

Defn: Decoration by means of flutes or channels; a flute, or flutes collectively; as, the fluting of a column or pilaster; the fluting of a lady's ruffle. Fluting iron, a laundry iron for fluting ruffles; — called also Italian iron, or gaufering iron. Knight. — Fluting lathe, a machine for forming spiral flutes, as on balusters, table legs, etc.

FLUTIST
Flut"ist, n. Etym: [Cf. F. flûtiste.]

Defn: A performer on the flute; a flautist. Busby.

2. To move with quick vibrations or undulations; as, a sail flutters in the wind; a fluttering fan.

3. To move about briskly, irregularly, or with great bustle and show, without much result. No rag, no scrap, of all the beau, or wit, That once so fluttered, and that once so writ. Pope.

4. To be in agitation; to move irregularly; to flucttuate; to be
uncertainty.
Long we fluttered on the wings of doubtful success. Howell.
His thoughts are very fluttering and wandering. I. Watts.

FLUTTER
Flut"ter, v. t.

1. To vibrate or move quickly; as, a bird flutters its wings.

2. To drive in disorder; to throw into confusion. Like an eagle in a dovecote, I Fluttered your Volscians in Corioli. Shak.

FLUTTER
Flut"ter, n.

1. The act of fluttering; quick and irregular motion; vibration; as, the flutter of a fan. The chirp and flutter of some single bird Milnes. .

2. Hurry; tumult; agitation of the mind; confusion; disorder. Pope. Flutter wheel, a water wheel placed below a fall or in a chute where rapidly moving water strikes the tips of the floats; — so called from the spattering, and the fluttering noise it makes.

FLUTTERER
Flut"ter*er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, flutters.

FLUTTERINGLY
Flut"ter*ing*ly, adv.

Defn: In a fluttering manner.

FLUTY
Flut"y, a.

Defn: Soft and clear in tone, like a flute.

FLUVIAL Flu"vi*al, a. Etym: [L. fluvialis, from fluvius river, fr. fluere to flow: cf.F. fluvial. See Fluent.]

Defn: Belonging to rivers; growing or living in streams or ponds; as, a fluvial plant.

FLUVIALIST
Flu"vi*al*ist, n.

Defn: One who exlpains geological phenomena by the action of streams.
[R.]

FLUVIATIC
Flu`vi*at"ic, a. Etym: [L. fluviaticus. See Fluvial.]

Defn: Belonging to rivers or streams; fluviatile. Johnson.

FLUVIATILE Flu"vi*a*tile, a. Etym: [L. fluviatilis, fr. fluvius river: cf. F. fluviatile.]

Defn: Belonging to rivers or streams; existing in or about rivers; produced by river action; fluvial; as, fluviatile starta, plants. Lyell.

FLUVIOGRAPH
Flu"vi*o*graph, n. [L. fluvius river + -graph.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring and recording automatically the rise and fall of a river.

FLUVIO-MARINE
Flu`vi*o-ma*rine", a. Etym: [L. fluvius river + E. marine.] (Geol.)

Defn: Formed by the joint action of a river and the sea, as deposits at the mouths of rivers.

FLUVIOMETER
Flu`vi*om"e*ter, n. [L. fluvius river + -meter.]

Defn: An instrument for measuring the height of water in a river; a river gauge.

FLUX
Flux, n. Etym: [L. fluxus, fr. fluere, fluxum,to flow: cf.F. flux.
See Fluent, and cf. 1st & 2d Floss, Flush, n., 6.]

1. The act of flowing; a continuous moving on or passing by, as of a flowing stream; constant succession; change. By the perpetual flux of the liquids, a great part of them is thrown out of the body. Arbuthnot. Her image has escaped the flux of things, And that same infant beauty that she wore Is fixed upon her now forevermore. Trench. Languages, like our bodies, are in a continual flux. Felton.

2. The setting in of the tide toward the shore, — the (reflux.

3. The state of beinng liquid through heat; fusion.

4. (Chem.& Metal.)

Defn: Any substance or mixture used to promote the fusion of metals or minerals, as alkalies, borax, lime, fluorite.

Note: White flux is the residuum of the combustion of a mixture of equal parts of niter and tartar. It consists chiefly of the carbonate of potassium, and is white.- Black flux is the ressiduum of the combustion of one part of niter and two of tartar, and consists essentially of a mixture of potassium carbonate and charcoal.

5. (Med.) (a) A fluid discharge from the bowels or other part; especially, an excessive and morbid discharge; as, the bloody flux or dysentery. See Bloody flux. (b) The matter thus discharged.

6. (Physics)

Defn: The quantity of a fluid that crosses a unit area of a given surface in a unit of time.

FLUX
Flux, a. Etym: [L. fluxus, p. p. of fluere. See Flux, n.]

Defn: Flowing; unstable; inconstant; variable.
The flux nature of all things here. Barrow.

FLUX
Flux, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fluxed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fluxing.]

1. To affect, or bring to a certain state, by flux. He might fashionably and genteelly . . . have been dueled or fluxed into another world. South.

2. To cause to become fluid; to fuse. Kirwan.

3. (Med.)

Defn: To cause a discharge from; to purge.

FLUXATION
Flux*a"tion, n.

Defn: The act of fluxing.

FLUXIBILITY
Flux`i*bil"i*ty, n. Etym: [Cf. LL. fluxibilitas fluidity.]

Defn: The quality of being fluxible. Hammond.

FLUXIBLE
Flux"i*ble, a. Etym: [Cf.LL. fluxibilis fluid, OF. fluxible.]

Defn: Capable of being melted or fused, as a mineral. Holland.
— Flux"i*ble*ness, n.

FLUXILE
Flux"ile, a. Etym: [L. fluxilis, a., fluid.]

Defn: Fluxible. [R.]

FLUXILITY
Flux*il"i*ty, n.

Defn: State of being fluxible.[Obs.]

FLUXION
Flux"ion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fluxion.]

Defn: The act of flowing. Cotgrave.

2. The matter that flows. Wiseman.

3. Fusion; the running of metals into a fluid state.

4. (Med.)

Defn: An unnatural or excessive flow of blood or fluid toward any organ; a determination.

5. A constantly varying indication. Less to be counted than the fluxions of sun dials. De Quincey.

6. (Math.) (a) The infinitely small increase or decrease of a variable or flowing quantity in a certain infinitely small and constant period of time; the rate of variation of a fluent; an incerement; a differential. (b) pl.

Defn: A method of analysis developed by Newton, and based on the conception of all magnitudes as generated by motion, and involving in their changes the notion of velocity or rate of change. Its results are the same as those of the differential and integral calculus, from which it differs little except in notation and logical method.

FLUXIONAL
Flux"ion*al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to, or having the nature of, fluxion or fluxions;
variable; inconstant.
The merely human,the temporary and fluxional. Coleridge.
Fluxional structure (Geol.), fluidal structure.

FLUXIONARY
Flux"ion*a*ry, a.

1. Fluxional. Berkeley.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Pertaining to, or caused by, an increased flow of blood to a part; congestive; as, a fluxionary hemorrhage.

FLUXIONIST
Flux"ion*ist, n.

Defn: One skilled in fluxions. Berkeley.

FLUXIONS
Flux"ions, n. pl. (Math.)

Defn: See Fluxion, 6(b).

FLUXIVE
Flux"ive, a.

Defn: Flowing; also, wanting solidity. B. Jonson.

FLUXURE
Flux"ure (; 138), n. Etym: [L. fluxura a flowing.]

1. The quality of being fluid. [Obs.] Fielding.

2. Fluid matter. [Obs.] Drayton.

FLY Fly, v. i. [imp. Flew; p. p. Flown; p. pr. & vb. n. Flying.] Etym: [OE. fleen, fleen, fleyen, flegen, AS. fleógan; akin to D. vliegen, ONG. fliogan, G. fliegen, Icel. flj, Sw. flyga, Dan. flyve, Goth. us- flaugjan to cause to fly away, blow about, and perh. to L. pluma feather, E. plume. Fledge, Flight, Flock of animals.]

1. To move in or pass thorugh the air with wings, as a bird.

2. To move through the air or before the wind; esp., to pass or be driven rapidly through the air by any impulse.

3. To float, wave, or rise in the air, as sparks or a flag. Man is born unto trouble, as the sparks fly upward. Job v. 7.

4. To move or pass swiftly; to hasten away; to circulate rapidly; as, a ship flies on the deep; a top flies around; rumor flies. Fly, envious Time, till thou run out thy race. Milton. The dark waves murmured as the ships flew on. Bryant.

5. To run from danger; to attempt to escape; to flee; as, an enemy or a coward flies. See Note under Flee. Fly, ere evil intercept thy flight. Milton. Whither shall I fly to escape their hands Shak.

6. To move suddenly, or with violence; to do an act suddenly or swiftly; — usually with a qualifying word; as, a door flies open; a bomb flies apart. To fly about (Naut.), to change frequently in a short time; — said of the wind. — To fly around, to move about in haste. [Colloq.] — To fly at, to spring toward; to rush on; to attack suddenly. — To fly in the face of, to insult; to assail; to set at defiance; to oppose with violence; to act in direct opposition to; to resist. — To fly off, to separate, or become detached suddenly; to revolt. — To fly on, to attack. — To fly open, to open suddenly, or with violence. — To fly out. (a) To rush out. (b) To burst into a passion; to break out into license. — To let fly. (a) To throw or drive with violence; to discharge. "A man lets fly his arrow without taking any aim." Addison. (b) (Naut.) To let go suddenly and entirely; as, to let fly the sheets.

FLY
Fly, v. t.

1. To cause to fly or to float in the air, as a bird, a kite, a flag, etc. The brave black flag I fly. W. S. Gilbert.

2. To fly or flee from; to shun; to avoid. Sleep flies the wretch. Dryden. To fly the favors of so good a king. Shak.

3. To hunt with a hawk. [Obs.] Bacon. To fly a kite (Com.), to raise money on commercial notes. [Cant or Slang]

FLY Fly, n.; pl. Flies. Etym: [OE. flie, flege, AS. flge, fleóge, fr. fleógan to fly; akin to D. vlieg, OHG. flioga, G. fliege, Icel. & Sw. fluga, Dan. flue. Fly, v. i.]

1. (Zoöl.) (a) Any winged insect; esp., one with transparent wings; as, the Spanish fly; firefly; gall fly; dragon fly. (b) Any dipterous insect; as, the house fly; flesh fly; black fly. See Diptera, and Illust. in Append.

2. A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, — used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." Gay.

3. A familiar spirit; a witch's attendant. [Obs.] A trifling fly, none of your great familiars. B. Jonson.

4. A parasite. [Obs.] Massinger.

5. A kind of light carriage for rapid transit, plying for hire and usually drawn by one horse. [Eng.]

6. The length of an extended flag from its staff; sometimes, the length from the "union" to the extreme end.

7. The part of a vane pointing the direction from which the wind blows.

8. (Naut.)

Defn: That part of a compass on which the points are marked; the compass card. Totten.

9. (Mech.) (a) Two or more vanes set on a revolving axis, to act as a fanner, or to equalize or impede the motion of machinery by the resistance of the air, as in the striking part of a clock. (b) A heavy wheel, or cross arms with weights at the ends on a revolving axis, to regulate or equalize the motion of machinery by means of its inertia, where the power communicated, or the resistance to be overcome, is variable, as in the steam engine or the coining press. See Fly wheel (below).

10. (Knitting Machine)

Defn: The piece hinged to the needle, which holds the engaged loop in position while the needle is penetrating another loop; a latch. Knight.

11. The pair of arms revolving around the bobbin, in a spinning wheel or spinning frame, to twist the yarn.

12. (Weaving)

Defn: A shuttle driven through the shed by a blow or jerk. Knight.

13. (a) Formerly, the person who took the printed sheets from the press. (b) A vibrating frame with fingers, attached to a power to a power printing press for doing the same work.

14. The outer canvas of a tent with double top, usually drawn over the ridgepole, but so extended as to touch the roof of the tent at no other place.

15. One of the upper screens of a stage in a theater.

16. The fore flap of a bootee; also, a lap on trousers, overcoats, etc., to conceal a row of buttons.

17. (Baseball)

Defn: A batted ball that flies to a considerable distance, usually high in the air; also, the flight of a ball so struck; as, it was caught on the fly. Black fly, Cheese fly, Dragon fly, etc. See under Black, Cheese, etc. — Fly agaric (Bot.), a mushroom (Agaricus muscarius), having a narcotic juice which, in sufficient quantities, is poisonous. — Fly block (Naut.), a pulley whose position shifts to suit the working of the tackle with which it is connected; — used in the hoisting tackle of yards. — Fly board (Printing Press), the board on which printed sheets are deposited by the fly. — Fly book, a case in the form of a book for anglers' flies. Kingsley. — Fly cap, a cap with wings, formerly worn by women. — Fly drill, a drill having a reciprocating motion controlled by a fly wheel, the driving power being applied by the hand through a cord winding in reverse directions upon the spindle as it rotates backward and forward. Knight. — Fly fishing, the act or art of angling with a bait of natural or artificial flies. Walton. — Fly flap, an implement for killing flies. — Fly governor, a governor for regulating the speed of an engine, etc., by the resistance of vanes revolving in the air. — Fly honeysuckle (Bot.), a plant of the honeysuckle genus (Lonicera), having a bushy stem and the flowers in pairs, as L. ciliata and L. Xylosteum. — Fly hook, a fishhook supplied with an artificial fly. — Fly leaf, an unprinted leaf at the beginning or end of a book, circular, programme, etc. — Fly maggot, a maggot bred from the egg of a fly. Ray. — Fly net, a screen to exclude insects. — Fly nut (Mach.), a nut with wings; a thumb nut; a finger nut. — Fly orchis (Bot.), a plant (Ophrys muscifera), whose flowers resemble flies. — Fly paper, poisoned or sticky paper for killing flies that feed upon or are entangled by it. — Fly powder, an arsenical powder used to poison flies. — Fly press, a screw press for punching, embossing, etc., operated by hand and having a heavy fly. — Fly rail, a bracket which turns out to support the hinged leaf of a table. — Fly rod, a light fishing rod used in angling with a fly. — Fly sheet, a small loose advertising sheet; a handbill. — Fly snapper (Zoöl.), an American bird (Phainopepla nitens), allied to the chatterers and shrikes. The male is glossy blue-black; the female brownish gray. — Fly wheel (Mach.), a heavy wheel attached to machinery to equalize the movement (opposing any sudden acceleration by its inertia and any retardation by its momentum), and to accumulate or give out energy for a variable or intermitting resistance. See Fly, n., 9. — On the fly (Baseball), still in the air; — said of a batted ball caught before touching the ground..

FLY
Fly, a.

Defn: Knowing; wide awake; fully understanding another's meaning.
[Slang] Dickens.

FLY AMANITA; FLY FUNGUS
Fly amanita, Fly fungus. (Bot.)

Defn: A poisonous mushroom (Amanita muscaria, syn. Agaricus muscarius), having usually a bright red or yellowish cap covered with irregular white spots. It has a distinct volva at the base, generally an upper ring on the stalk, and white spores. Called also fly agaric, deadly amanita.

FLYAWAY
Fly"a*way`, a.

Defn: Disposed to fly away; flighty; unrestrained; light and free; — used of both persons and things. — n.

Defn: A flyaway person or thing. "Truth is such a flyaway." Emerson.

FLYAWAY flyaway adj.

1. frivolous; — of people. serious Syn. — flighty. [WordNet 1.5]

2. Tending to move away from a center, rather than remain in a compact group; — used of hair or clothing or of small particles of matter. Light objects or particles readily taking a static electric charge may be moved apart by acquisition of a charge, or by approach of a charged object. Such a property is called flyaway. Syn. — fluttering. [WordNet 1.5]

FLYAWAY GRASS
Flyaway grass. (Bot.)

Defn: The hair grass (Agrostis scabra). So called from its light panicle, which is blown to great distances by the wind.

FLYBANE
Fly"bane`, n. (Bot.)

Defn: A kind of catchfly of the genus Silene; also, a poisonous mushroom (Agaricus muscarius); fly agaric.

FLY-BITTEN
Fly"-bit`ten, a.

Defn: Marked by, or as if by, the bite of flies. Shak.

FLYBLOW
Fly"blow`, v. t.

Defn: To deposit eggs upon, as a flesh fly does on meat; to cause to be maggoty; hence, to taint or contaminate, as if with flyblows. Bp. Srillingfleet.

FLYBLOW
Fly"blow`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the eggs or young larvæ deposited by a flesh fly, or blowfly.

FLYBLOWN
Fly"blown`, a.

Defn: Tainted or contaminated with flyblows; damaged; foul.
Wherever flyblown reputations were assembled. Thackeray.

FLYBOAT
Fly"boat`, n. Etym: [Fly + boat: cf. D. vlieboot.]

1. (Naut.)

Defn: A large Dutch coasting vessel. Captain George Weymouth made a voyage of discovery to the northwest with two flyboats. Purchas.

2. A kind of passenger boat formerly used on canals.

FLY-CASE
Fly"-case`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The covering of an insect, esp. the elytra of beetles.

FLYCATCHER
Fly"catch`er, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of numerous species of birds that feed upon insects, which they take on the wing.

Note: The true flycatchers of the Old World are Oscines, and belong to the family Muscicapidæ, as the spotted flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). The American flycatchers, or tyrant flycatchers, are Clamatores, and belong to the family Tyrannidæ, as the kingbird, pewee, crested flycatcher (Myiarchus crinitus), and the vermilion flycatcher or churinche (Pyrocephalus rubineus). Certain American flycatching warblers of the family Sylvicolidæ are also called flycatchers, as the Canadian flycatcher (Sylvania Canadensis), and the hooded flycatcher (S. mitrata). See Tyrant flycatcher.

FLY-CATCHING
Fly"-catch`ing, a. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Having the habit of catching insects on the wing.

FLYER
Fly"er, n. Etym: [See Flier.]

1. One that uses wings.

2. The fly of a flag: See Fly, n., 6.

3. Anything that is scattered abroad in great numbers as a theatrical programme, an advertising leaf, etc.

4. (Arch.)

Defn: One in a flight of steps which are parallel to each other(as in ordinary stairs), as distinguished from a winder.

5. The pair of arms attached to the spindle of a spinning frame, over which the thread passes to the bobbin; — so called from their swift revolution. See Fly, n., 11.

6. The fan wheel that rotates the cap of a windmill as the wind veers. Internat. Cyc.

7. (Stock Jobbing)

Defn: A small operation not involving considerable part of one's capital, or not in the line of one's ordinary business; a venture. [Cant] Bartlett.

FLYFISH
Fly"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A California scorpænoid fish (Sebastichthys rhodochloris), having brilliant colors.

FLY-FISH
Fly"-fish, v. i.

Defn: To angle, using flies for bait. Walton.

FLYING
Fly"ing, a. Etym: [From Fly, v. i.]

Defn: Moving in the air with, or as with, wings; moving lightly or rapidly; intended for rapid movement.

Flying army (Mil.) a body of cavalry and infantry, kept in motion, to cover its own garrisons and to keep the enemy in continual alarm. Farrow. —Flying artillery (Mil.), artillery trained to rapid evolutions, — the men being either mounted or trained to spring upon the guns and caissons when they change position. — Flying bridge, Flying camp. See under Bridge, and Camp. — Flying buttress (Arch.), a contrivance for taking up the thrust of a roof or vault which can not be supported by ordinary buttresses. It consists of a straight bar of masonry, usually sloping, carried on an arch, and a solid pier or buttress sufficient to receive the thrust. The word is generally applied only to the straight bar with supporting arch. — Flying colors, flags unfurled and waving in the air; hence: To come off with flying colors, to be victorious; to succeed thoroughly in an undertaking. — Flying doe (Zoöl.), a young female kangaroo. — Flying dragon. (a) (Zoöl.) See Dragon, 6. (b) A meteor. See under Dragon. — Flying Dutchman. (a) A fabled Dutch mariner condemned for his crimes to sail the seas till the day of judgment. (b) A spectral ship. — Flying fish. (Zoöl.) See Flying fish, in the Vocabulary. — Flying fox (Zoöl.), the colugo. — Flying frog (Zoöl.), an East Indian tree frog of the genus Rhacophorus, having very large and broadly webbed feet, which serve as parachutes, and enable it to make very long leaps. — Flying gurnard (Zoöl.), a species of gurnard of the genus Cephalacanthus or Dactylopterus, with very large pectoral fins, said to be able to fly like the flying fish, but not for so great a distance.

Note: Three species are known; that of the Atlantic is Cephalacanthus
volitans.
— Flying jib (Naut.), a sail extended outside of the standing jib,
on the flying-jib boom.
— Flying-jib boom (Naut.), an extension of the jib boom.
— Flying kites (Naut.), light sails carried only in fine weather.
— Flying lemur. (Zoöl.) See Colugo.
— Flying level (Civil Engin.), a reconnoissance level over the
course of a projected road, canal, etc.
— Flying lizard. (Zoöl.) See Dragon, n, 6.
— Flying machine, an apparatus for navigating the air; a form of
balloon.
— Flying mouse (Zoöl.), the opossum mouse (Acrobates pygmæus), of
Australia.

Note: It has lateral folds of skin, like the flying squirrels. — Flying party (Mil.), a body of soldiers detailed to hover about an enemy. — Flying phalanger (Zoöl.), one of several species of small marsuupials of the genera Petaurus and Belideus, of Australia and New Guinea, having lateral folds like those of the flying squirrels. The sugar squirrel (B. sciureus), and the ariel (B. ariel), are the best known; — called also squirrel petaurus and flying squirrel. See Sugar squirrel. — Flying pinion, the fly of a clock. — Flying sap (Mil.), the rapid construction of trenches (when the enemy's fire of case shot precludes the method of simple trenching), by means of gabions placed in juxtaposition and filled with earth. — Flying shot, a shot fired at a moving object, as a bird on the wing. — Flying spider. (Zoöl.) See Ballooning spider. — Flying squid (Zoöl.), an oceanic squid (Ommastrephes, or Sthenoteuthis, Bartramii), abundant in the Gulf Stream, which is able to leap out of the water with such force that it often falls on the deck of a vessel. — Flying squirrel (Zoöl.) See Flying squirrel, in the Vocabulary. — Flying start, a start in a sailing race in which the signal is given while the vessels are under way. — Flying torch (Mil.), a torch attached to a long staff and used for signaling at night.

FLYING BOAT
Flying boat.

Defn: A compact form of hydro-aëroplane having one central body, or hull.

FLYING FISH
Fly"ing fish`. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A fish which is able to leap from the water, and fly a considerable distance by means of its large and long pectoral fins. These fishes belong to several species of the genus Exocoetus, and are found in the warmer parts of all the oceans.

FLYING SQUIRREL
Fly"ing squir"rel ( or ). (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of a group of squirrels, of the genera Pteromus and Sciuropterus, having parachute-like folds of skin extending from the fore to the hind legs, which enable them to make very long leaps.

Note: The species of Pteromys are large, with bushy tails, and inhabit southern Asia and the East Indies; those of Sciuropterus are smaller, with flat tails, and inhabit the northern parts of Europe, Asia, and America. The American species (Sciuropterus volucella) is also called Assapan. The Australian flying squrrels, or flying phalangers, are marsupials. See Flying phalanger (above).

FLYMAN
Fly"man, n.; pl. Flymen (-mn).

Defn: The driver of a fly, or light public carriage.

FLYSCH Flysch (flsh), n. Etym: [A Swiss word, fr. G. fliessen to flow, melt.] (Geol.)

Defn: A name given to the series of sandstones and schists overlying the true nummulitic formation in the Alps, and included in the Eocene Tertiary.

FLYSPECK
Fly"speck (fl'spk), n.

Defn: A speck or stain made by the excrement of a fly; hence, any insignificant dot.

FLYSPECK
Fly"speck, v. t.

Defn: To soil with flyspecks.

FLYTRAP
Fly"trap, n.

1

Defn: . A trap for catching flies.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: A plant (Dionæa muscipula), called also Venus's flytrap, the leaves of which are fringed with stiff bristles, and fold together when certain hairs on their upper surface are touched, thus seizing insects that light on them. The insects so caught are afterwards digested by a secretion from the upper surface of the leaves.

FNESE
Fnese, v. i. Etym: [AS. fnsan, gefnsan.]

Defn: To breathe heavily; to snort. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FO
Fo, n.

Defn: The Chinese name of Buddha.

FOAL
Foal, n. Etym: [OE. fole, AS. fola; akin to OHG. folo, G. fohlen,
Goth. fula, Icel. foli, Sw Lfle, Gr., L. pullus a young animal. Cf.
Filly, Poultry, Pullet.] (Zoö.)

Defn: The young of any animal of the Horse family (Equidæ); a colt; a filly. Foal teeth (Zoöl.), the first set of teeth of a horse. — In foal, With foal, being with young; pregnant; — said of a mare or she ass.

FOAL
Foal, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foaled; p. pr. & vb. n. Foaling.]

Defn: To bring forth (a colt); — said of a mare or a she ass.

FOAL
Foal, v.i.

Defn: To bring forth young, as an animal of the horse kind.

FOALFOOT
Foal"foot`, n.

Defn: (Bot.) See Coltsfoot.

FOAM
Foam, n. Etym: [OE. fam, fom, AS. fm; akin to OHG. & G. feim.]

Defn: The white substance, consisting of an aggregation of bubbles, which is formed on the surface of liquids,or in the mouth of an animal, by violent agitation or fermentation; froth; spume; scum; as, the foam of the sea. Foam cock, in steam boilers, a cock at the water level, to blow off impurities.

FOAM Foam, v.i. [imp.& p.p. Foamed; p. pr. & vb. n. Foaming.] Etym: [AS. fman. See Foam, n.]

1. To gather foam; to froth; as, the billows foam. He foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth. Mark ix. 18.

2. To form foam, or become filled with foam; — said of a steam boiler when the water is unduly agitated and frothy, as because of chemical action.

FOAM
Foam, v.t.

Defn: To cause to foam; as,to foam the goblet; also (with out), to throw out with rage or violence, as foam. "Foaming out their own shame." Jude 13.

FOAMINGLY
Foam"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With foam; frothily.

FOAMLESS
Foam"less, a.

Defn: Having no foam.

FOAMY
Foam"y, a.

Defn: Covered with foam; frothy; spumy.
Behold how high the foamy billows ride! Dryden.

FOB
Fob, n. Etym: [Cf.Prov. G. fuppe pocket.]

Defn: A little pocket for a watch. Fob chain, a short watch chain worn a watch carried in the fob.

FOB
Fob, v.t. [imp. & p. p. Fobbed; p. pr. & vb. n. Fobbing.] Etym:
[Cf.Fop.]

1. To beat; to maul. [Obs.]

2. To cheat; to trick; to impose on. Shak. To fob off, to shift off by an artifice; to put aside; to delude with a trick."A conspiracy of bishops could prostrate and fob off the right of the people." Milton.

FOCAL
Fo"cal, a. Etym: [Cf.F. focal. See Focus.]

Defn: Belonging to,or concerning, a focus; as, a focal point. Focal distance, or length,of a lens or mirror (Opt.), the distance of the focus from the surface of the lens or mirror, or more exactly, in the case of a lens, from its optical center. —Focal distance of a telescope, the distance of the image of an object from the object glass.

FOCALIZATION
Fo`cal*i*za"tion, n.

Defn: The act of focalizing or bringing to a focus, or the state of being focalized.

FOCALIZE
Fo"cal*ize, v. t. [imp.& p. p. Focalized; p. pr. & vb. n.
Focalizing.]

Defn: To bring to a focus; to focus; to concentrate.
Light is focalized in the eye, sound in the ear. De Quincey.

FOCILLATE
Foc"il*late, v. t. Etym: [L. focilatus,p.p. of focillare.]

Defn: To nourish. [Obs.] Blount.

FOCILLATION
Foc`il*la"tion, n.

Defn: Comfort; support. [Obs.]

FOCIMETER
Fo*cim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Focus + -meter.]

Defn: (Photog.) An assisting instrument for focusing an object in or before a camera. Knight.

FOCUS Fo"cus, n.; pl. E. Focuses, L. Foci. Etym: [L. focus hearth, fireplace; perh. akin to E. bake. Cf. Curfew, Fuel, Fusil the firearm.]

1. (Opt.)

Defn: A point in which the rays of light meet, after being reflected or refrcted, and at which the image is formed; as, the focus of a lens or mirror.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: A point so related to a conic section and certain straight line called the directrix that the ratio of the distace between any point of the curve and the focus to the distance of the same point from the directrix is constant.

Note: Thus, in the ellipse FGHKLM, A is the focus and CD the directrix, when the ratios FA:FE, GA:GD, MA:MC, etc., are all equal. So in the hyperbola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio HA:HK is constant for all points of the curve; and in the parabola, A is the focus and CD the directrix when the ratio BA:BC is constant. In the ellipse this ratio is less than unity, in the parabola equal to unity, and in the hyperbola greater than unity. The ellipse and hyperbola have each two foci, and two corresponding directrixes, and the parabola has one focus and one directrix. In the ellipse the sum of the two lines from any point of the curve to the two foci is constant; that is: AG+GB=AH+HB; and in the hyperbola the difference of the corresponding lines is constant. The diameter which passes through the foci of the ellipse is the major axis. The diameter which being produced passes through the foci of the hyperbola is the transverse axis. The middle point of the major or the transverse axis is the center of the curve. Certain other curves, as the lemniscate and the Cartesian ovals, have points called foci, possessing properties similar to those of the foci of conic sections. In an ellipse, rays of light coming from one focus, and reflected from the curve, proceed in lines directed toward the other; in an hyperbola, in lines directed from the other; in a parabola, rays from the focus, after reflection at the curve, proceed in lines parallel to the axis. Thus rays from A in the ellipse are reflected to B; rays from A in the hyperbola are reflected toward L and M away from B.

3. A central point; a point of concentration. Aplanatic focus. (Opt.) See under Aplanatic. — Conjugate focus (Opt.), the focus for rays which have a sensible divergence, as from a near object; — so called because the positions of the object and its image are interchangeable. — Focus tube (Phys.), a vacuum tube for Roentgen rays in which the cathode rays are focused upon the anticathode, for intensifying the effect. — Principal, or Solar, focus (Opt.), the focus for parallel rays.

FOCUS
Fo"cus, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Focused; p. pr. & vb. n. Focusing.]

Defn: To bring to a focus; to focalize; as, to focus a camera. R.
Hunt.

FODDER
Fod"der, n. Etym: [See 1st Fother.]

Defn: A weight by which lead and some other metals were formerly sold, in England, varying from 19 [Obs.]

FODDER
Fod"der, n. Etym: [AS. fdder, fddor, fodder (also sheath case), fr.
fda food; akin to D. voeder, OHG. fuotar, G. futter, Icel. fr, Sw. &
Dan. foder. sq. root75. See Food Land cf. Forage, Fur.]

Defn: That which is fed out to cattle horses, and sheep, as hay, cornstalks, vegetables, etc.

FODDER
Fod"der, v.t. [imp.& p.p. Foddered (-drd); p. pr. & vb. n.
Foddering.]

Defn: To feed, as cattle, with dry food or cut grass, etc.;to furnish with hay, straw, oats, etc.

FODDERER
Fod"der*er, n.

Defn: One who fodders cattle.

FODIENT
Fo"di*ent, a. Etym: [L. fodiens, p. pr. of fodere to dig.]

Defn: Fitted for, or pertaining to, digging.

FODIENT
Fo"di*ent, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the Fodientia.

FODIENTIA
Fo`di*en"ti*a, n.pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. fodiens p. pr., digging.]
(Zoöl.)

Defn: A group of African edentates including the aard-vark.

FOE Foe, n. Etym: [OE. fo, fa, AS. fh hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend. sq. root81.]

Defn: See Fiend, and cf. Feud a quarrel.

1. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy. A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36

2. An enemy in war; a hostile army.

3. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill- wisher; as, a foe to religion. A foe to received doctrines. I. Watts

FOE
Foe, v. t.

Defn: To treat as an enemy. [Obs.] Spenser.

FOEHN Foehn, n. [G. dial. (Swiss), fr. L. Favonius west wind. Cf. Favonian.] (Meteor.) (a) A warm dry wind that often blows in the northern valleys of the Alps, due to the indraught of a storm center passing over Central Europe. The wind, heated by compression in its descent from the mountains, reaches the base, particularly in winter, dry and warm. (b) Any similar wind, as the chinook, in other parts of the world.

FOEHOOD
Foe"hood, n.

Defn: Enmity. Br. Bedell.

FOEMAN
Foe"man, n.; pl. Foemen (-men). Etym: [AS. fhman.]

Defn: An enemy in war. And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott

FOETAL
Foe"tal, a.

Defn: Same as Fetal.

FOETATION
Foe*ta"tion, n.

Defn: Same as Fetation.

FOETICIDE
Foe"ti*cide, n.

Defn: Same as Feticide.

FOETOR
Foe"tor, n.

Defn: Same as Fetor.

FOETUS
Foe"tus, n.

Defn: Same as Fetus.

FOG Fog, n. Etym: [Cf. Scot. fog, fouge, moss, foggag rank grass, LL. fogagium, W. ffug dry grass.] (Agric.) (a) A second growth of grass; aftergrass. (b) Dead or decaying grass remaining on land through the winter; — called also foggage. [Prov.Eng.] Halliwell.

Note: Sometimes called, in New England, old tore. In Scotland, fog is a general name for moss.

FOG
Fog, v. t.

Defn: (Agric.) To pasture cattle on the fog, or aftergrass, of; to eat off the fog from.

FOG
Fog, v. i. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.]

Defn: To practice in a small or mean way; to pettifog. [Obs.]
Where wouldst thou fog to get a fee Dryden.

FOG Fog, n. Etym: [Dan. sneefog snow falling thick, drift of snow, driving snow, cf. Icel. fok spray, snowdrift, fj snowstorm, fjka to drift.]

1. Watery vapor condensed in the lower part of the atmosphere and disturbing its transparency. It differs from cloud only in being near the ground, and from mist in not approaching so nearly to fine rain. See Cloud.

2. A state of mental confusion. Fog alarm, Fog bell, Fog horn, etc., a bell, horn, whistle or other contrivance that sounds an alarm, often automatically, near places of danger where visible signals would be hidden in thick weather. — Fog bank, a mass of fog resting upon the sea, and resembling distant land. — Fog ring, a bank of fog arranged in a circular form, — often seen on the coast of Newfoundland.

FOG
Fog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fogged; p. pr. & vb. n. Fogging.]

Defn: To envelop, as with fog; to befog; to overcast; to darken; to obscure.

FOG
Fog, v. i. (Photog.)

Defn: To show indistinctly or become indistinct, as the picture on a negative sometimes does in the process of development.

FOG BELT
Fog belt.

Defn: A region of the ocean where fogs are of marked frequency, as near the coast of Newfoundland.

FOGBOW
Fog"bow`, n.

Defn: A nebulous arch, or bow, of white or yellowish light sometimes seen in fog, etc.

FOGE
Foge, n.

Defn: The Cornish name for a forge used for smelting tin. Raymond

FOGEY
Fogey, n.

Defn: See Fogy.

FOGGAGE
Foggage (; 48), n. (Agric.)

Defn: See 1st Fog.

FOGGER
Fogger, n.

Defn: One who fogs; a pettifogger. [Obs.]
A beggarly fogger. Terence in English(1614)

FOGGILY
Fog"gi*ly, adv.

Defn: In a foggy manner; obscurely. Johnson.

FOGGINESS
Fog"gi*ness, n.

Defn: The state of being foggy. Johnson.

FOGGY
Fog"gy, a. [Compar. Foggier; superl. Foggiest.] Etym: [From 4th Fog.]

1. Filled or abounding with fog, or watery exhalations; misty; as, a foggy atmosphere; a foggy morning. Shak.

2. Beclouded; dull; obscure; as, foggy ideas. Your coarse, foggy, drowsy conceit. Hayward.

FOGIE
Fo"gie, n.

Defn: See Fogy.

FOGLESS
Fog"less, a.

Defn: Without fog; clear. Kane.

FOGY
Fo"gy, n.; pl. Fogies (.

Defn: A dull old fellow; a person behind the times, over- conservative, or slow; — usually preceded by old. [Written also fogie and fogey.] [Colloq.] Notorious old bore; regular old fogy. Thackeray.

Note: The word is said to be connected with the German vogt, a guard or protector. By others it is regareded as a diminutive of folk (cf. D. volkje). It is defined by Jamieson, in his Scottish Dictionary, as "an invalid or garrison soldier," and is applied to the old soldiers of the Royal Hospital at Dublin, which is called the Fogies' Hospital. In the fixed habits of such persons we see the origin of the present use of the term. Sir F. Head.

FOGYISM
Fo"gy*ism, n.

Defn: The principles and conduct of a fogy. [Colloq.]

FOH
Foh, interj. Etym: [Cf. Faugh.]

Defn: An exclamation of abhorrence or contempt; poh; fle. Shak.

FOHIST
Fo"hist, n.

Defn: A Buddhist priest. See Fo.

FOIBLE
Foi"ble, a. Etym: [OF. foible. See Feeble.]

Defn: Weak; feeble. [Obs.] Lord Herbert.

FOIBLE
Foi"ble, n.

1. A moral weakness; a failing; a weak point; a frailty. A disposition radically noble and generous, clouded and overshadowed by superficial foibles. De Quincey.

2. The half of a sword blade or foil blade nearest the point; — opposed to forte. [Written also faible.]

Syn. — Fault; imperfection; failing; weakness; infirmity; frailty; defect. See Fault.

FOIL
Foil (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foiled (foild); p. pr. & vb. n.
Foiling.] Etym: [F. fouler to tread or trample under one's feet, to
press, oppress. See Full, v. t.]

1. To tread under foot; to trample. King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. Knoless. Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle, In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. Spenser.

2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. And by foiled. Dryden. Her long locks that foil the painter's power. Byron.

3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. Addison.

FOIL
Foil, v. t. Etym: [See 6th File.]

Defn: To defile; to soil. [Obs.]

FOIL
Foil, n.

1. Failure of success when on the point of attainment; defeat; frustration; miscarriage. Milton. Nor e'er was fate so near a foil. Dryden.

2. A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point. Blunt as the fencer's foils, which hit, but hurt not. Shak. socrates contended with a foil against Demosthenes with a word. Mitford.

3. The track or trail of an animal. To run a foil,to lead astray; to puzzle; — alluding to the habits of some animals of running back over the same track to mislead their pursuers. Brewer.

FOIL
Foil, n. Etym: [OE. foil leaf, OF. foil, fuil, fueil, foille,
fueille, F. feuille, fr. L. folium, pl. folia; akin to Gr.blade. Cf.
Foliage, Folio.]

1. A leaf or very thin sheet of metal; as, brass foil; tin foil; gold foil.

2. (Jewelry)

Defn: A thin leaf of sheet copper silvered and burnished, and afterwards coated with transparent colors mixed with isinglass; — employed by jewelers to give color or brilliancy to pastes and inferior stones. Ure.

3. Anything that serves by contrast of color or quality to adorn or set off another thing to advantage. As she a black silk cap on him began To set, for foil of his milk- white to serve. Sir P. Sidney. Hector has a foil to set him off. Broome.

4. A thin coat of tin, with quicksilver, laid on the back of a looking-glass, to cause reflection.

5. (Arch.)

Defn: The space between the cusps in Gothic architecture; a rounded or leaflike ornament, in windows, niches, etc. A group of foils is called trefoil, quatrefoil, quinquefoil, etc., according to the number of arcs of which it is composed. Foil stone, an imitation of a jewel or precious stone.

FOILABLE
Foil"a*ble, a.

Defn: Capable of being foiled.

FOILER
Foil"er, n.

Defn: One who foils or frustrates. Johnson.

FOILING
Foil"ing, n. (Arch.)

Defn: A foil. Simmonds.

FOILING
Foil"ing, n. Etym: [Cf. F. foulées. See 1st Foil.] (Hunting)

Defn: The track of game (as deer) in the grass.

FOIN
Foin (foin), n. Etym: [F. fouine a marten.]

1. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The beech marten (Mustela foina). See Marten.

2. A kind of fur, black at the top on a whitish ground, taken from the ferret or weasel of the same name.[Obs.] He came to the stake in a fair black gown furred and faced with foins. Fuller.

FOIN Foin, v. i. Etym: [OE. foinen, foignen; of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. fouiner to push for eels with a spear, fr. F. fouine an eelspear, perh. fr. L. fodere to dig, thrust.]

Defn: To thrust with a sword or spear; to lunge. [Obs.]
He stroke, he soused, he foynd, he hewed, he lashed. Spenser.
They lash, they foin, they pass, they strive to bore Their corselets,
and the thinnest parts explore. Dryden.

FOIN
Foin, v. t.

Defn: To prick; to stng. [Obs.] Huloet.

FOIN
Foin, n.

Defn: A pass in fencing; a lunge. [Obs.] Shak.

FOINERY
Foin"er*y, n.

Defn: Thrusting with the foil; fencing with the point, as distinguished from broadsword play. [Obs.] Marston.

FOININGLY
Foin"ing*ly, adv.

Defn: With a push or thrust. [Obs.]

FOISON
Foi"son, n. Etym: [F. foison, fr. L. fusio a pouring, effusion. See
Fusion.]

Defn: Rich harvest; plenty; abundance. [Archaic] Lowell.
That from the seedness the bare fallow brings To teeming foison.
Shak.

FOIST
Foist (foist), n. Etym: [OF. fuste stick, boat, fr. L. fustis cudgel.
Cf. 1st Fust.]

Defn: A light and fast-sailing ship. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

FOIST
Foist, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Foisting.] Etym:
[Cf. OD. vysten to fizzle, D. veesten, E. fizz, fitchet, bullfist.]

Defn: To insert surreptitiously, wrongfully, or without warrant; to interpolate; to pass off (something spurious or counterfeit) as genuine, true, or worthy; — usually followed by in. Lest negligence or partiality might admit or fois in abuses corruption. R. Carew. When a scripture has been corrupted . . . by a supposititious foisting of some words in. South.

FOIST
Foist, n.

1. A foister; a sharper. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

2. A trick or fraud; a swindle. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

FOISTER
Foist"er, n.

Defn: One who foists something surreptitiously; a falsitier. Mir. for
Mag.

FOISTIED
Foist"ied, a. Etym: [See 2d Fust.]

Defn: Fusty. [Obs.]

FOISTINESS
Foist"i*ness, n.

Defn: Fustiness; mustiness. [Obs.]

FOISTY
Foist"y, a.

Defn: Fusty; musty. [Obs.] Johnson.

FOLD Fold, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Folded; p. pr. & vb. n. Folding.] Etym: [OE. folden, falden, AS. fealdan; akin to OHG. faltan, faldan, G. falten, Icel. falda, Dan. folde, Sw. fålla, Goth. fal, cf. Gr.pu a fold. Cf. Fauteuil.]

1. To lap or lay in plaits or folds; to lay one part over another part of; to double; as, to fold cloth; to fold a letter. As a vesture shalt thou fold them up. Heb. i. 12.

2. To double or lay together, as the arms or the hands; as, he folds his arms in despair.

3. To inclose within folds or plaitings; to envelop; to infold; to
clasp; to embrace.
A face folded in sorrow. J. Webster.
We will descend and fold him in our arms. Shak.

4. To cover or wrap up; to conceal. Nor fold my fault in cleanly coined excuses. Shak.

FOLD
Fold, v. i.

Defn: To become folded, plaited, or doubled; to close over another of the same kind; to double together; as, the leaves of the door fold. 1 Kings vi. 34.

FOLD Fold, n. Etym: [From Fold, v. In sense 2 AS. -feald, akin to fealdan to fold.]

1. A doubling,esp. of any flexible substance; a part laid over on another part; a plait; a plication. Mummies . . . shrouded in a number of folds of linen. Bacon. Folds are most common in the rocks of mountainous regions. J. D. Dana.

2. Times or repetitions; — used with numerals, chiefly in composition, to denote multiplication or increase in a geometrical ratio, the doubling, tripling, etc., of anything; as, fourfold, four times, increased in a quadruple ratio, multiplied by four.

3. That which is folded together, or which infolds or envelops;
embrace.
Shall from your neck unloose his amorous fold. Shak.
Fold net, a kind of net used in catching birds.

FOLD
Fold, n. Etym: [OE. fald, fold, AS. fald, falod.]

1. An inclosure for sheep; a sheep pen. Leaps o'er the fence with ease into the fold. Milton.

2. A flock of sheep; figuratively, the Church or a church; as,
Christ's fold.
There shall be one fold and one shepherd. John x. 16.
The very whitest lamb in all my fold. Tennyson.

3. A boundary; a limit. [Obs.] Creech. Fold yard, an inclosure for sheep or cattle.

FOLD
Fold, v. t.

Defn: To confine in a fold, as sheep.

FOLD
Fold, v. i.

Defn: To confine sheep in a fold. [R.]
The star that bids the shepherd fold. Milton.

FOLDAGE
Fold"age, ( n. Etym: [See Fold inclosure, Faldage.] (O.Eng.Law.)

Defn: See Faldage.

FOLDER
Fold"er, n.

Defn: One who, or that which, folds; esp., a flat, knifelike instrument used for folding paper.

FOLDEROL
Fol"de*rol`, n.

Defn: Nonsense. [Colloq.]

FOLDING
Fold"ing, n.

1. The act of making a fold or folds; also, a fold; a doubling; a plication. The lower foldings of the vest. Addison.

2. (Agric.)

Defn: The keepig of sheep in inclosures on arable land, etc. Folding boat, a portable boat made by stretching canvas, etc., over jointed framework, used in campaigning, and by tourists, etc. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Folding chairFolding door, one of two or more doors filling a single and hung upon hinges.

FOLDLESS
Fold"less, a.

Defn: Having no fold. Milman.

FOLIACEOUS
Fo`li*a"ceous, a. Etym: [L. foliaceus, fr. folium leaf.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: Belonging to, or having the texture or nature of, a leaf; having leaves intermixed with flowers; as, a foliaceous spike.

2. (Min.)

Defn: Consisting of leaves or thin laminæ; having the form of a leaf or plate; as, foliaceous spar.

3. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Leaflike in form or mode of growth; as, a foliaceous coral.

FOLIAGE Fo"li*age, n. Etym: [OF. foillage, fueillage, F. feuillage, fr. OF. foille, fueille, fueil, F. feulle, leaf, L. folium. See 3d Foil, and cf. Foliation, Filemot.]

1. Leaves, collectively, as produced or arranged by nature; leafage; as, a tree or forest of beautiful foliage.

2. A cluster of leaves, flowers, and branches; especially, the representation of leaves, flowers, and branches, in architecture, intended to ornament and enrich capitals, friezes, pediments, etc. Foliage plant (Bot.), any plant cultivated for the beauty of its leaves, as many kinds of Begonia and Coleus.

FOLIAGE
Fo"li*age, v. t.

Defn: To adorn with foliage or the imitation of foliage; to form into the representation of leaves. [R.] Drummond.

FOLIAGED
Fo"li*aged, a.

Defn: Furnished with foliage; leaved; as, the variously foliaged mulberry.

FOLIAR
Fo"li*ar, a. (Bot.)

Defn: Consisting of, or pertaining to, leaves; as, foliar appendages. Foliar gap (Bot.), an opening in the fibrovascular system of a stem at the point of origin of a leaf. — Foliar trace (Bot.), a particular fibrovascular bundle passing down into the stem from a leaf.

FOLIATE
Fo"li*ate (, a. Etym: [L. foliatus leaved, leafy, fr. folium leaf.
See Foliage.] (Bot.)

Defn: Furnished with leaves; leafy; as, a foliate stalk. Foliate curve. (Geom.) Same as Folium.

FOLIATE
Fo"li*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foliated; p. pr. & vb. n. Foliating.]

1. To beat into a leaf, or thin plate. Bacon.

2. To spread over with a thin coat of tin and quicksilver; as, to foliate a looking-glass.

FOLIATED
Fo"li*a`ted, a.

1. Having leaves, or leaflike projections; as, a foliated shell.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: Containing, or consisting of, foils; as, a foliated arch.

3. (Min.)

Defn: Characterized by being separable into thin plates or folia; as, graphite has a foliated structure.

4. (Geol.)

Defn: Laminated, but restricted to the variety of laminated structure found in crystalline schist, as mica schist, etc.; schistose.

5. Spread over with an amalgam of tin and quicksilver. Foliated telluium. (Min.) See Nagyagite.

FOLIATION
Fo"li*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. foliation.]

1. The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.

2. The manner in which the young leaves are dispo The . . . foliation must be in relation to the stem. De Quincey.

3. The act of beating a metal into a thin plate, leaf, foil, or lamina.

4. The act of coating with an amalgam of tin foil and quicksilver, as in making looking-glasses.

5. (Arch.)

Defn: The enrichment of an opening by means of foils, arranged in trefoils, quatrefoils, etc.; also, one of the ornaments. See Tracery.

6. (Geol.)

Defn: The property, possessed by some crystalline rocks, of dividing into plates or slabs, which is due to the cleavage structure of one of the constituents, as mica or hornblende. It may sometimes include slaty structure or cleavage, though the latter is usually independent of any mineral constituent, and transverse to the bedding, it having been produced by pressure.

FOLIATURE
Fo"li*a*ture, n. Etym: [L. foliatura foliage.]

Defn: 1. Foliage; leafage. [Obs.] Shuckford.

2. The state of being beaten into foil. Johnson.

FOLIER
Fo"li*er, n.

Defn: Goldsmith's foil. [R.] Sprat.

FOLIFEROUS
Fo*lif"er*ous, a. Etym: [L. folium leaf+ -ferous: cf. F. foliifère.]

Defn: Producing leaves. [Written also foliiferous.]

FOLILY
Fol"i*ly, a.

Defn: Foolishly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FOLIO
Fol"io, n.; pl. Folios. Etym: [Ablative of L. folium leaf. See 4th
Foil.]

1. A leaf of a book or manuscript.

2. A sheet of paper once folded.

3. A book made of sheets of paper each folded once (four pages to the sheet); hence, a book of the largest kind. See Note under Paper.

4. (Print.)

Defn: The page number. The even folios are on the left-hand pages and the odd folios on the right-hand.

5. A page of a book; (Bookkeeping) a page in an account book; sometimes, two opposite pages bearing the same serial number.

6. (Law)

Defn: A leaf containing a certain number of words, hence, a certain number of words in a writing, as in England, in law proceedings 72, and in chancery, 90; in New York, 100 words. Folio post, a flat writing paper, usually 17 by 24 inches.

FOLIO
Folio, v. t.

Defn: To put a serial number on each folio or page of (a book); to page.

FOLIO
Folio, a.

Defn: Formed of sheets each folded once, making two leaves, or four pages; as, a folio volume. See Folio, n., 3.

FOLIOLATE
Fo"li*o*late, a.

Defn: Of or pertaining to leaflets; — used in composition; as, bi- foliolate. Gray.

FOLIOLE
Fo"li*ole, n. Etym: [Dim. of L. folium leaf: cf. F. foliole.] (Bot.)

Defn: One of the distinct parts of a compound leaf; a leaflet.

FOLIOMORT
Fo`li*o*mort", a.

Defn: See Feuillemort.

FOLIOSE
Fo`li*ose", a. Etym: [L. foliosus, fr. folium leaf.] (Bot.)

Defn: Having many leaves; leafy.

FOLIOSITY
Fo`li*os"i*ty, n.

Defn: The ponderousness or bulk of a folio; voluminousness. [R.] De
Quincey.

FOLIOUS
Fo"li*ous (, a. Etym: [See Foliose.]

1. Like a leaf; thin; unsubstantial. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

2. (Bot.)

Defn: Foliose. [R.]

FOLIUM
Fo"li*um, n.; pl. E. Foliums, L. Folia. Etym: [L., a leaf.]

1. A leaf, esp. a thin leaf or plate.

2. (Geom.)

Defn: A curve of the third order, consisting of two infinite branches, which have a common asymptote. The curve has a double point, and a leaf-shaped loop; whence the name. Its equation is x3 + y3 = axy.

FOLK; FOLKS Folk, Folks, n. collect. & pl. Etym: [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. f, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.]

1. (Eng. Hist.)

Defn: In Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or
villages; a community; a tribe. [Obs.]
The organization of each folk, as such, sprang mainly from war. J. R.
Green.

2. People in general, or a separate class of people; — generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks. [Colloq.] In winter's tedious nights, sit by the fire With good old folks, and let them tell thee tales. Shak.

3. The persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well. [Colloq. New Eng.] Bartlett. Folk song, one of a class of songs long popular with the common people. — Folk speech, the speech of the common people, as distinguished from that of the educated class.

FOLKETHING
Fol"ke*thing`, n. [Dan. See Folk, and Thing.]

Defn: The lower house of the Danish Rigsdag, or Parliament. See
Legislature, below.

FOLKLAND
Folk"land`, n. Etym: [AS. folcland.] (O.Eng. Law)

Defn: Land held in villenage, being distributed among the folk, or people, at the pleasure of the lord of the manor, and resumed at his discretion. Not being held by any assurance in writing, it was opposed to bookland or charter land, which was held by deed. Mozley & W.

FOLKLORE; FOLK LORE
Folk"lore`, n., or; Folk" lore`

Defn: . Tales, legends, or superstitions long current among the people. Trench.

FOLKMOTE
Folk"mote`, n. Etym: [AS. folcm folk meeting.]

Defn: An assembly of the people; esp. (Sax. Law),

Defn: a general assembly of the people to consider and order matters
of the commonwealth; also, a local court. [Hist.]
To which folkmote they all with one consent Agreed to travel.
Spenser.

FOLKMOTER
Folk"mot`er, n.

Defn: One who takes part in a folkmote, or local court. [Obs.]
Milton.

FOLLICLE
Fol"li*cle, n. Etym: [L. folliculus a small bag, husk, pod, dim of
follis bellows, an inflated ball, a leathern money bag, perh. akin to
E. bellows: cf. F. follicule. Cf. 2d Fool.]

1. (Bot.)

Defn: A simple podlike pericarp which contains several seeds and opens along the inner or ventral suture, as in the peony, larkspur and milkweed.

2. (Anat.) (a) A small cavity, tubular depression, or sac; as, a hair follicle. (b) A simple gland or glandular cavity; a crypt. (c) A small mass of adenoid tissue; as, a lymphatic follicle.

FOLLICULAR
Fol*lic"u*lar, a.

1. Like, pertaining to, or consisting of, a follicles or follicles.

2. (Med.)

Defn: Affecting the follicles; as, follicular pharyngitis.

FOLLICULATED
Fol*lic"u*la`ted, a.

Defn: Having follicles.

FOLLICULOUS Fol*lic"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. folliculosus full of husks: cf. F. folliculeux.]

Defn: Having or producing follicles.

FOLLIFUL
Fol"li*ful, a.

Defn: Full of folly. [Obs.]

FOLLOW Fol"low, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Followed; p. pr. & vb. n. Following.]Etym: [OE. foluwen, folwen, folgen, AS. folgian, fylgean, fylgan; akin to D. volgen, OHG. folg, G. folgen, Icel. fylgja, Sw. följa, Dan. fölge, and perh. to E. folk.]

1. To go or come after; to move behind in the same path or direction; hence, to go with (a leader, guide, etc.); to accompany; to attend. It waves me forth again; I'll follow it. Shak.

2. To endeavor to overtake; to go in pursuit of; to chase; to pursue; to prosecute. I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians, and they shall follow them. Ex. xiv. 17.

3. To accept as authority; to adopt the opinions of; to obey; to yield to; to take as a rule of action; as, to follow good advice. Approve the best, and follow what I approve. Milton. Follow peace with all men. Heb. xii. 14. It is most agreeable to some men to follow their reason; and to others to follow their appetites. J. Edwards.

4. To copy after; to take as an example. We had rather follow the perfections of them whom we like not, than in defects resemble them whom we love. Hooker.

5. To succeed in order of time, rank, or office.

6. To result from, as an effect from a cause, or an inference from a premise.

7. To watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon while in progress, as a speech, musical performance, etc.; also, to keep up with; to understand the meaning, connection, or force of, as of a course of thought or argument. He followed with his eyes the flitting shade. Dryden.

8. To walk in, as a road or course; to attend upon closely, as a profession or calling. O, had I but followed the arts! Shak. O Antony! I have followed thee to this. Shak. Follow board (Founding), a board on which the pattern and the flask lie while the sand is rammed into the flask. Knight. — To follow the hounds, to hunt with dogs. — To follow suit (Card Playing), to play a card of the same suit as the leading card; hence, colloquially, to follow an example set. — To follow up, to pursue indefatigably.

Syn.- To pursue; chase; go after; attend; accompany; succeed; imitate; copy; embrace; maintain. - To Follow, Pursue. To follow (v.t.) denotes simply to go after; to pursue denotes to follow with earnestness, and with a view to attain some definite object; as, a hound pursues the deer. So a person follows a companion whom he wishes to overtake on a journey; the officers of justice pursue a felon who has escaped from prison.

FOLLOW
Fol"low, v. i.

Defn: To go or come after; — used in the various senses of the transitive verb: To pursue; to attend; to accompany; to be a result; to imitate.

Syn.- To Follow, Succeed, Ensue. To follow (v.i.) means simply to come after; as, a crowd followed. To succeed means to come after in some regular series or succession; as, day succeeds to day, and night to night. To ensue means to follow by some established connection or principle of sequence. As wave follows wave, revolution succeeds to revolution; and nothing ensues but accumulated wretchedness.

FOLLOWER
Fol"low*er, n. Etym: [OE. folwere, AS. folgere.]

Defn: 1. One who follows; a pursuer; an attendant; a disciple; a dependent associate; a retainer.

2. A sweetheart; a beau. [Colloq.] A. Trollope.

3. (Steam Engine) (a) The removable flange, or cover, of a piston. See Illust. of Piston. (b) A gland. See Illust. of Stuffing box.

4. (Mach.)

Defn: The part of a machine that receives motion from another part.
See Driver.

5. Among law stationers, a sheet of parchment or paper which is added to the first sheet of an indenture or other deed.

Syn. — Imitator; copier; disciple; adherent; partisan; dependent; attendant.

FOLLOWING
Fol"low*ing, n.

1. One's followers, adherents, or dependents, collectively. Macaulay.

2. Vocation; business; profession.

FOLLOWING
Fol"low*ing, a.

1. Next after; succeeding; ensuing; as, the assembly was held on the following day.

2. (Astron.)

Defn: (In the field of a telescope) In the direction from which stars are apparently moving (in consequence of the erth's rotation); as, a small star, north following or south following. In the direction toward which stars appear to move is called preceding.

Note: The four principal directions in the field of a telescope are north, south, following, preceding.

FOLLOWING EDGE
Following edge. (Aëronautics)

Defn: See Advancing-edge, above.

FOLLOWING SURFACE
Following surface. (Aëronautics)

Defn: See Advancing-surface, above.

FOLLY Fol"ly, n.; pl. Follies. Etym: [OE. folie, foli, F. folie, fr. fol, fou, foolish, mad. See Fool.]

1. The state of being foolish; want of good sense; levity, weakness, or derangement of mind.

2. A foolish act; an inconsiderate or thoughtless procedure; weak or light-minded conduct; foolery. What folly 'tis to hazard life for ill. Shak.

3. Scandalous crime; sin; specifically, as applied to a woman,
wantonness.
[Achan] wrought folly in Israel. Josh. vii. 15.
When lovely woman stoops to folly. Goldsmith.

4. The result of a foolish action or enterprise. It is called this man's or that man's "folly," and name of the foolish builder is thus kept alive for long after years. Trench.

FOLWE
Fol"we, v. t.

Defn: To follow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FOMALHAUT
Fo"mal*haut`, n. [AFomalhaut.] (Astron.)

Defn: A star of the first magnitude, in the constellation Piscis
Australis, or Southern Fish.

FOMENT Fo*ment", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fomented; p. pr. & vb. n. Fomenting.] Etym: [F. fomenter, fr. L. fomentare, fr. fomentum (for fovimentum) a warm application or lotion, fr. fovere to warm or keep warm; perh. akin to Gr. bake.]

1. To apply a warm lotion to; to bathe with a cloth or sponge wet with warm water or medicated liquid.

2. To cherish with heat; to foster. [Obs.] Which these soft fires . . . foment and warm. Milton.

3. To nurse to life or activity; to cherish and promote by excitements; to encourage; to abet; to instigate; — used often in a bad sense; as, to foment ill humors. Locke. But quench the choler you foment in vain. Dryden. Exciting and fomenting a religious rebellion. Southey.

FOMENTATION
Fo`men*ta"tion, n. [fomentatio: cf. F. fomentation.]

1. (Med.) (a) The act of fomenting; the application of warm, soft, medicinal substances, as for the purpose of easing pain, by relaxing the skin, or of discussing tumors. (b) The lotion applied to a diseased part.

2. Excitation; instigation; encouragement. Dishonest fomentation of your pride. Young.

FOMENTER
Fo*ment"er, n.

Defn: One who foments; one who encourages or instigates; as, a fomenter of sedition.

FOMES
Fo"mes, n.; pl. Fomites. Etym: [L. fomes, -itis, touch-wood, tinder.]
(Med.)

Defn: Any substance supposed to be capable of absorbing, retaining, and transporting contagious or infectious germs; as, woolen clothes are said to be active fomites.

FON Fon, n. Etym: [Of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. fani silly, fana to act silly, Sw. fåne fool. Cf. Fond, a.]

Defn: A fool; an idiot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FOND
Fond, obs.

Defn: imp. of Find. Found. Chaucer.

FOND Fond, a. [Compar. Fonder; superl. Fondest.] Etym: [For fonned, p. p. of OE. fonnen to be foolish. See Fon.]

1. Foolish; silly; simple; weak. [Archaic] Grant I may never prove so fond To trust man on his oath or bond. Shak.

2. Foolishly tender and loving; weakly indulgent; over-affectionate.

3. Affectionate; loving; tender; — in a good sense; as, a fond mother or wife. Addison.

4. Loving; much pleased; affectionately regardful, indulgent, or desirous; longing or yearning; — followed by of (formerly also by on). More fond on her than she upon her love. Shak. You are as fond of grief as of your child. Shak. A great traveler, and fond of telling his adventures. Irving.

5. Doted on; regarded with affection. [R.] Nor fix on fond abodes to circumscribe thy prayer. Byron.

6. Trifling; valued by folly; trivial. [Obs.] Shak.

FOND
Fond, v. t.

Defn: To caress; to fondle. [Obs.]
The Tyrian hugs and fonds thee on her breast. Dryden.

FOND
Fond, v. i.

Defn: To be fond; to dote. [Obs.] Shak.

FONDANT Fon"dant (fon"dant; Fr. fôN`däN"), n. [F., lit., melting, p. pr. of fondre to melt, L. fundere. See Found to cast.]

Defn: A kind of soft sweetmeat made by boiling solutions to the point of crystallization, usually molded; as, cherry fondant.

FONDE
Fond"e, v. t. & i. Etym: [AS. fandian to try.]

Defn: To endeavor; to strive; to try. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FONDLE
Fon"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fondled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fondling.]
Etym: [From Fond, v.]

Defn: To treat or handle with tenderness or in a loving manner; to caress; as, a nurse fondles a child.

Syn.- See Caress.

FONDLER
Fon"dler, n.

Defn: One who fondles. Johnson.

FONDLING
Fon"dling, n. Etym: [From Fondle.]

Defn: The act of caressing; manifestation of tenderness. Cyrus made no . . . amorous fondling To fan her pride, or melt her guardless heart. Mickle.

FONDLING
Fond"ling, n. Etym: [Fond + -ling.]

1. A person or thing fondled or caressed; one treated with foolish or doting affection. Fondlings are in danger to be made fools. L'Estrange.

2. A fool; a simpleton; a ninny. [Obs.] Chapman.

FONDLY
Fond"ly, adv.

1. Foolishly. [Archaic] Verstegan (1673). Make him speak fondly like a frantic man. Shak.

2. In a fond manner; affectionately; tenderly. My heart, untarveled, fondly turns to thee. Goldsmith.

FONDNESS
Fond"ness, n.

1. The quality or state of being fond; foolishness. [Obs.] Fondness it were for any, being free, To covet fetters, though they golden be. Spenser.

2. Doting affection; tender liking; strong appetite, propensity, or relish; as, he had a fondness for truffles. My heart had still some foolish fondness for thee. Addison.

Syn.- Attachment; affection; love; kindness.

FONDON
Fon"don, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fondant flux.] (Metal.)

Defn: A large copper vessel used for hot amalgamation.

FONDU
Fon`du" (fon"dus"), a. [F. fondu, p.p. of fondre to melt, blend. See
Found to cast.]

Defn: Blended; passing into each other by subtle gradations; — said of colors or of the surface or material on which the colors are laid.

FONDUE; FONDU
Fon`due", n. [Also erroneously Fon`du".] [F. See Fondu; cf. Fondant.]
(Cookery)

Defn: A dish made of cheese, eggs, butter, etc., melted together.

FONDUS
Fon`dus", n. Etym: [F. fondu, prop. p.p. of fondre to melt, blend.
See Found to cast.]

Defn: A style of printing calico, paper hangings, etc., in which the colors are in bands and graduated into each other. Ure.

FONE
Fone, n.;

Defn: pl. of Foe. [Obs.] Spenser.

FONGE
Fong"e, v. t. Etym: [See Fang, v. t.]

Defn: To take; to receive. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FONLY
Fon"ly, adv. Etym: [See Fon.]

Defn: Foolishly; fondly. [Obs.] Spenser.

FONNE
Fon"ne, n.

Defn: A fon. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FONT Font, n. Etym: [F. fonte, fr. fondre to melt or cast. See Found to cast, and cf. Fount a font.] (Print.)

Defn: A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount.

FONT
Font, n. Etym: [AS. font, fant, fr. L. fons, fontis, spring,
fountain; cf. OF. font, funt, F. fonts, fonts baptismaux, pl. See
Fount.]

1. A fountain; a spring; a source. Bathing forever in the font of bliss. Young.

2. A basin or stone vessel in which water is contained for baptizing. That name was given me at the font. Shak.

FONTAL
Font"al, a.

Defn: Pertaining to a font, fountain, source, or origin; original;
primitive. [R.]
From the fontal light of ideas only can a man draw intellectual
power. Coleridge.

FONTANEL Fon"ta*nel`, n. Etym: [F. fontanelle, prop., a little fountain, fr. fontaine fountain. See Fountain.]

1. (Med.)

Defn: An issue or artificial ulcer for the discharge of humors from the body.[Obs.] Wiseman.

2. (Anat.)

Defn: One of the membranous intervals between the incompleted angles of the parietal and neighboring bones of a fetal or young skull; — so called because it exhibits a rhythmical pulsation.

Note: In the human fetus there are six fontanels, of which the anterior, or bregmatic, situated at the junction of the coronal and sagittal sutures, is much the largest, and remains open a considerable time after birth.

FONTANELLE
Fon`ta`nelle", n. Etym: [F.] (Anat.)

Defn: Same as Fontanel, 2.

FONTANGE
Fon`tange", n. Etym: [F., from the name of the first wearer, Mlle. de
Fontanges, about 1679.]

Defn: A kind of tall headdress formerly worn. Addison.

FOOD Food, n. Etym: [OE. fode, AS. foda; akin to Icel. fæ\'eba, fæ\'ebi, Sw. föda, Dan. & LG. föde, OHG. fatunga, Gr. patei^sthai to eat, and perh. to Skr. pa to protect, L. pascere to feed, pasture, pabulum food, E. pasture. *75. Cf. Feed, Fodder food, Foster to cherish.]

1. What is fed upon; that which goes to support life by being received within, and assimilated by, the organism of an animal or a plant; nutriment; aliment; especially, what is eaten by animals for nourishment.

Note: In a physiological sense, true aliment is to be distinguished as that portion of the food which is capable of being digested and absorbed into the blood, thus furnishing nourishment, in distinction from the indigestible matter which passes out through the alimentary canal as fæces.

Note: Foods are divided into two main groups: nitrogenous, or proteid, foods, i.e., those which contain nitrogen, and nonnitrogenous, i.e., those which do not contain nitrogen. The latter group embraces the fats and carbohydrates, which collectively are sometimes termed heat producers or respiratory foods, since by oxidation in the body they especially subserve the production of heat. The proteids, on the other hand, are known as plastic foods or tissue formers, since no tissue can be formed without them. These latter terms, however, are misleading, since proteid foods may also give rise to heat both directly and indirectly, and the fats and carbohydrates are useful in other ways than in producing heat.

2. Anything that instructs the intellect, excites the feelings, or molds habits of character; that which nourishes. This may prove food to my displeasure. Shak. In this moment there is life and food For future years. Wordsworth.

Note: Food is often used adjectively or in self-explaining compounds, as in food fish or food-fish, food supply. Food vacuole (Zoöl.), one of the spaces in the interior of a protozoan in which food is contained, during digestion. — Food yolk. (Biol.) See under Yolk.

Syn. — Aliment; sustenance; nutriment; feed; fare; victuals; provisions; meat.

FOOD
Food, v. t.

Defn: To supply with food. [Obs.] Baret.

FOODFUL
Food"ful, a.

Defn: Full of food; supplying food; fruitful; fertile. "The foodful
earth." Dryden.
Bent by its foodful burden [the corn]. Glover.

FOODLESS
Food"less, a.

Defn: Without food; barren. Sandys.

FOODY
Food"y, a.

Defn: Eatable; fruitful. [R.] Chapman.

FOOL
Fool, n. Etym: [Cf. F. fouler to tread, crush. Cf. 1st Foil.]

Defn: A compound of gooseberries scalded and crushed, with cream; — commonly called gooseberry fool.

FOOL Fool, n. Etym: [OE. fol, n. & adj., F. fol, fou, foolish, mad; a fool, prob. fr. L. follis a bellows, wind bag, an inflated ball; perh. akin to E. bellows. Cf. Folly, Follicle.]

1. One destitute of reason, or of the common powers of understanding; an idiot; a natural.

2. A person deficient in intellect; one who acts absurdly, or pursues a course contrary to the dictates of wisdom; one without judgment; a simpleton; a dolt. Extol not riches, then, the toil of fools. Milton. Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other. Franklin.

3. (Script.)

Defn: One who acts contrary to moral and religious wisdom; a wicked
person.
The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God. Ps. xiv. 1.

4. One who counterfeits folly; a professional jester or buffoon; a retainer formerly kept to make sport, dressed fantastically in motley, with ridiculous accouterments. Can they think me . . . their fool or jester Milton. April fool, Court fool, etc. See under April, Court, etc. — Fool's cap, a cap or hood to which bells were usually attached, formerly worn by professional jesters. — Fool's errand, an unreasonable, silly, profitless adventure or undertaking. — Fool's gold, iron or copper pyrites, resembling gold in color. — Fool's paradise, a name applied to a limbo (see under Limbo) popularly believed to be the region of vanity and nonsense. Hence, any foolish pleasure or condition of vain self-satistaction. — Fool's parsley (Bot.), an annual umbelliferous plant (Æthusa Cynapium) resembling parsley, but nauseous and poisonous. — To make a fool of, to render ridiculous; to outwit; to shame. [Colloq.] — To play the fool, to act the buffoon; to act a foolish part. "I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly." 1 Sam. xxvi. 21.

FOOL
Fool, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fooled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fooling.]

Defn: To play the fool; to trifle; to toy; to spend time in idle
sport or mirth.
Is this a time for fooling Dryden.

FOOL
Fool, v. t.

1. To infatuate; to make foolish. Shak. For, fooled with hope, men favor the deceit. Dryden.

2. To use as a fool; to deceive in a shameful or mortifying manner; to impose upon; to cheat by inspiring foolish confidence; as, to fool one out of his money. You are fooled, discarded, and shook off By him for whom these shames ye underwent. Shak. To fool away, to get rid of foolishly; to spend in trifles, idleness, folly, or without advantage.

FOOLAHS
Foo"lahs`, n. pl.; sing. Foolah. (Ethnol.)

Defn: Same as Fulahs.

FOOL-BORN
Fool"-born`, a.

Defn: Begotten by a fool. Shak.

FOOLERY
Fool"er*y, n.; pl. Fooleries (.

1. The practice of folly; the behavior of a fool; absurdity. Folly in fools bears not so strong a note, As foolery in the wise, when wit doth dote. Shak.

2. An act of folly or weakness; a foolish practice; something absurd or nonsensical. That Pythagoras, Plato, or Orpheus, believed in any of these fooleries, it can not be suspected. Sir W. Raleigh.

FOOLFISH Fool"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The orange filefish. See Filefish. (b) The winter flounder. See Flounder.

FOOL-HAPPY
Fool"-hap`py, a.

Defn: Lucky, without judgment or contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser.

FOOLHARDIHOOD
Fool"har`di*hood, n.

Defn: The state of being foolhardy; foolhardiness.

FOOLHARDILY
Fool"har`di*ly, adv.

Defn: In a foolhardy manner.

FOOLHARDINESS
Fool"har`di*ness, n.

Defn: Courage without sense or judgment; foolish rashness; recklessness. Dryden.

FOOLHARDISE
Fool"har`dise, n. Etym: [Fool, F. fol, fou + F. hardiesse boldness.]

Defn: Foolhardiness. [Obs.] Spenser.

FOOLHARDY
Fool"har`dy, a. Etym: [OF. folhardi. See Fool idiot, and Hardy.]

Defn: Daring without judgment; foolishly adventurous and bold.
Howell.

Syn. — Rash; venturesome; venturous; precipitate; reckless; headlong; incautious. See Rash.

FOOL-HASTY
Fool"-has`ty, a.

Defn: Foolishly hasty. [R.]

FOOLIFY
Fool"i*fy, v. t. Etym: [Fool + -fy.]

Defn: To make a fool of; to befool. [R.] Holland.

FOOLISH
Fool"ish, a.

1. Marked with, or exhibiting, folly; void of understanding; weak in intellect; without judgment or discretion; silly; unwise. I am a very foolish fond old man. Shak.

2. Such as a fool would do; proceeding from weakness of mind or silliness; exhibiting a want of judgment or discretion; as, a foolish act.

3. Absurd; ridiculous; despicable; contemptible. A foolish figure he must make. Prior.

Syn. — Absurd; shallow; shallow-brained; brainless; simple; irrational; unwise; imprudent; indiscreet; incautious; silly; ridiculous; vain; trifling; contemptible. See Absurd.

FOOLISHLY
Fool"ish*ly, adv.

Defn: In a foolish manner.

FOOLISHNESS
Fool"ish*ness, n.

1. The quality of being foolish.

2. A foolish practice; an absurdity. The preaching of the cross is to them that perish foolishness. 1 Cor. i. 18.

FOOL-LARGE
Fool"-large`, a. Etym: [OF. follarge. See Fool, and Large.]

Defn: Foolishly liberal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FOOL-LARGESSE
Fool"-lar*gesse`, n. Etym: [See Fool-large, Largess.]

Defn: Foolish expenditure; waste. [Obs.] Chaucer.

FOOLSCAP Fools"cap`, n. Etym: [So called from the watermark of a fool's cap and bells used by old paper makers. See Fool's cap, under Fool.]

Defn: A writing paper made in sheets, ordinarily 16 x 13 inches, and folded so as to make a page 13 x 8 inches. See Paper.

FOOT Foot, n.; pl. Feet. Etym: [OE. fot, foot, pl. feet. AS. f, pl. f; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f, L. pes, Gr. pad, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. *77, 250. Cf. Antipodes, Cap-a-pie, Expedient, Fet to fetch, Fetlock, Fetter, Pawn a piece in chess, Pedal.]

1. (Anat.)

Defn: The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See Manus, and Pes.

2. (Zoöl.)

Defn: The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of Buccinum.

3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking.

4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. Milton.

5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; — used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. Berkeley.

6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; — used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. Walpole.

7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See Yard.

Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters.

8. (Mil.)

Defn: Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. "Both horse and foot." Milton.

9. (Pros.)

Defn: A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent.

10. (Naut.)

Defn: The lower edge of a sail.

Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to
a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much
used as the first of compounds. Foot artillery. (Mil.) (a) Artillery
soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. Farrow.
— Foot bank (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet.
— Foot barracks (Mil.), barracks for infantery.
— Foot bellows, a bellows worked by a treadle. Knight.
— Foot company (Mil.), a company of infantry. Milton.
— Foot gear, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots.
— Foot hammer (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle.
— Foot iron. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter.
— Foot jaw. (Zoöl.) See Maxilliped.
— Foot key (Mus.), an organ pedal.
— Foot level (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed
angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. Farrow.
— Foot mantle, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a
riding skirt. [Obs.] — Foot page, an errand boy; an attendant.
[Obs.] — Foot passenger, one who passes on foot, as over a road or
bridge.
— Foot pavement, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a
trottoir.
— Foot poet, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] Dryden.
— Foot post. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail
delivery by means of such carriers.
— Fot pound, and Foot poundal. (Mech.) See Foot pound and Foot
poundal, in the Vocabulary.
— Foot press (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press,
moved by a treadle.
— Foot race, a race run by persons on foot. Cowper.
— Foot rail, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower
side.
— Foot rot, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness.
— Foot rule, a rule or measure twelve inches long.
— Foot screw, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to
give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place.
— Foot secretion. (Zoöl.) See Sclerobase.
— Foot soldier, a soldier who serves on foot.
— Foot stick (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed
against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place.
— Foot stove, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for
warming the feet.
— Foot tubercle. (Zoöl.) See Parapodium.
— Foot valve (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump
from the condenser.
— Foot vise, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a
treadle.
— Foot waling (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over
the floor timbers. Totten.
— Foot wall (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. By foot,
or On foot, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot.
— Cubic foot. See under Cubic.
— Foot and mouth disease, a contagious disease (Eczema epizoötica)
of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of
vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs.
— Foot of the fine (Law), the concluding portion of an
acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was
conveyed. See Fine of land, under Fine, n.; also Chirograph. (b).
— Square foot. See under Square.
— To be on foot, to be in motion, action, or process of execution.
— To keep the foot (Script.), to preserve decorum. "Keep thy foot
when thou goest to the house of God." Eccl. v. 1.
— To put one's foot down, to take a resolute stand; to be
determined. [Colloq.] — To put the best foot foremost, to make a
good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] — To set on foot, to
put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription.
— To put, or set, one on his feet, to put one in a position to go
on; to assist to start.
— Under foot. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to
trample under foot. Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] "They would be
forced to sell . . . far under foot." Bacon.

FOOT
Foot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Footed; p. pr. & vb. n. Footing.]

1. To tread to measure or music; to dance; to trip; to skip. Dryden.

2. To walk; — opposed to ride or fly. Shak.

FOOT
Foot, v. t.

1. To kick with the foot; to spurn. Shak.

2. To set on foot; to establish; to land. [Obs.] What confederacy have you with the traitors Late footed in the kingdom Shak.

3. To tread; as, to foot the green. Tickell.

4. To sum up, as the numbers in a column; — sometimes with up; as, to foot (or foot up) an account.

5. The size or strike with the talon. [Poet.] Shak.

6. To renew the foot of, as of stocking. Shak. To foot a bill, to pay it. [Colloq.] — To foot it, to walk; also, to dance. If you are for a merry jaunt, I'll try, for once, who can foot it farthest. Dryden.

FOOTBALL
Foot"ball`, n.

Defn: An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller.

2. The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. Arbuthnot.

FOOTBAND
Foot"band`, n.

Defn: A band of foot soldiers. [Obs.]

FOOTBATH
Foot"bath`, n.

Defn: A bath for the feet; also, a vessel used in bathing the feet.

FOOTBOARD
Foot"board`, n.

1. A board or narrow platfrom upon which one may stand or brace his feet; as: (a) The platform for the engineer and fireman of a locomotive. (b) The foot-rest of a coachman's box.

2. A board forming the foot of a bedstead.

3. A treadle.

FOOTBOY
Foot"boy`, n.

Defn: A page; an attendant in livery; a lackey. Shak.

FOOTBREADTH
Foot"breadth`, n.

Defn: The breadth of a foot; — used as a measure. Longfellow.
Not so much as a footbreadth. Deut. ii. 5.

FOOTBRIDGE
Foot"bridge`, n.

Defn: A narrow bridge for foot passengers only.

FOOT CANDLE
Foot candle. (Photom.)

Defn: The amount of illumination produced by a standard candle at a distance of one foot.

FOOTCLOTH
Foot"cloth`, n.

Defn: Formerly, a housing or caparison for a horse. Sir W. Scott.

FOOTED
Foot"ed, a.

1. Having a foot or feet; shaped in the foot. "Footed like a goat." Grew.

Note: Footed is often used in composition in the sense of having (such or so many) feet; as, fourfooted beasts.

2. Having a foothold; established. Our king . . . is footed in this land already. Shak.

FOOTFALL
Foot"fall`, n.

Defn: A setting down of the foot; a footstep; the sound of a
footstep. Shak.
Seraphim, whose footfalls tinkled on the tufted floor. Poe

FOOTFIGHT
Foot"fight`, n.

Defn: A conflict by persons on foot; — distinguished from a fight on horseback. Sir P. Sidney.

FOOTGLOVE
Foot"glove`, n.

Defn: A kind of stocking. [Obs.]

FOOT GUARDS
Foot" Guards`, pl.

Defn: Infantry soldiers belonging to select regiments called the
Guards. [Eng.]

FOOTHALT
Foot"halt`, n.

Defn: A disease affecting the feet of sheep.

FOOTHILL
Foot"hill`, n.

Defn: A low hill at the foot of highe

FOOTHOLD
Foot"hold`, n.

Defn: A holding with the feet; firm L'Estrange.

FOOTHOOK
Foot"hook`, n. (Naut.)

Defn: See Futtock.

FOOTHOT
Foot"hot`, adv.

Defn: Hastily; immediately; instantly; on the spot; hotfloot. Gower.
Custance have they taken anon, foothot. Chaucer.

FOOTING
Foot"ing, n.

1. Ground for the foot; place for the foot to rest on; firm foundation to stand on. In ascent, every stfooting and help to the next. Holder.

2. Standing; position; established place; basis for operation; permanent settlement; foothold. As soon as he had obtained a footing at court, the charms of his manner . . . made him a favorite. Macaulay.

3. Relative condition; state. Lived on a footing of equality with nobles. Macaulay.

4. Tread; step; especially, measured tread. Hark, I hear the footing of a man. Shak.

5. The act of adding up a column of figures; the amount or sum total of such a column.

6. The act of putting a foot to anything; also, that which is added as a foot; as, the footing of a stocking.

7. A narrow cotton lace, without figures.

8. The finer refuse part of whale blubber, not wholly deprived of oil. Simmonds.

9. (Arch. & Enging.)

Defn: The thickened or sloping portion of a wall, or of an embankment at its foot. Footing course (Arch.), one of the courses of masonry at the foot of a wall, broader than the courses above. — To pay one's footing, to pay a fee on first doing anything, as working at a trade or in a shop. Wright. — Footing beam, the tie beam of a roof.

FOOTLESS
Foot"less, a.

Defn: Having no feet.

FOOTLICKER
Foot"lick`er, n.

Defn: A sycophant; a fawner; a toady. Cf. Bootlick. Shak.

FOOTLIGHT
Foot"light`, n.

Defn: One of a row of lights in the front of the stage in a theater, etc., and on a level therewith. Before the footlights, upon the stage; — hence, in the capacity of an actor.

FOOTMAN
Foot"man, n.; pl. Footmen (.

1. A soldier who marches and fights on foot; a foot soldier.

2. A man in waiting; a male servant whose duties are to attend the door, the carriage, the table, etc.

3. Formerly, a servant who ran in front of his master's carriage; a runner. Prior.

4. A metallic stand with four feet, for keeping anything warm before a fire.

5. (Zoöl.)

Defn: A moth of the family Lithosidæ; — so called from its livery- like colors.

FOOTMANSHIP
Foot"man*ship, n.

Defn: Art or skill of a footman.

FOOTMARK
Foot"mark`, n.

Defn: A footprint; a track or vestige. Coleridge.

FOOTNOTE
Foot"note`, n.

Defn: A note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.

FOOTPACE
Foot"pace`, n.

1. A walking pace or step.

2. A dais, or elevated platform; the highest step of the altar; a landing in a staircase. Shipley.

FOOTPAD
Foot"pad`, n.

Defn: A highwayman or robber on foot.

FOOTPATH
Foot"path`, n.; pl. Footpaths (.

Defn: A narrow path or way for pedestrains only; a footway.

FOOTPLATE
Foot"plate`, n. (Locomotives)

Defn: See Footboard (a).

FOOT POUND
Foot" pound`. (Mech.)

Defn: A unit of energy, or work, being equal to the work done in raising one pound avoirdupois against the force of gravity the height of one foot.

FOOT POUNDAL
Foot" pound`al. (Mech.)

Defn: A unit of energy or work, equal to the work done in moving a body through one foot against the force of one poundal.

FOOTPRINT
Foot"print`, n.

Defn: The impression of the foot; a trace or footmark; as,
"Footprints of the Creator."

FOOTROPE Foot"rope`, n. (Aut.) (a) The rope rigged below a yard, upon which men stand when reefing or furling; — formerly called a horse. (b) That part of the boltrope to which the lower edge of a sail is sewed.

FOOTS
Foots, n. pl.

Defn: The settlings of oil, molasses, etc., at the bottom of a barrel or hogshead. Simmonds.

FOOT-SORE
Foot"-sore`, a.

Defn: Having sore or tender feet, as by reason of much walking; as, foot-sore cattle.

FOOTSTALK
Foot"stalk`, n.

1. (Bot.)

Defn: The stalk of a leaf or of flower; a petiole, pedicel, or reduncle.

2. (Zoöl.) (a) The peduncle or stem by which various marine animals are attached, as certain brachiopods and goose barnacles. (b) The stem which supports which supports the eye in decapod Crustacea; eyestalk.

3. (Mach.)

Defn: The lower part of a millstone spindle. It rests in a step.
Knight.

FOOTSTALL
Foot"stall`, n. Etym: [Cf. Pedestal.]

1. The stirrup of a woman's saddle.

2. (Arch.)

Defn: The plinth or base of a pillar.

FOOTSTEP
Foot"step`, n.

1. The mark or impression of the foot; a track; hence, visible sign of a course pursued; token; mark; as, the footsteps of divine wisdom. How on the faltering footsteps of decay Youth presses. Bryant.

2. An inclined plane under a hand printing press.

FOOTSTONE
Foot"stone` (; 110), n.

Defn: The stone at the foot of a grave; — opposed to headstone.

FOOTSTOOL
Foot"stool`, n.

Defn: A low stool to support the feet of one when sitting.

FOOT TON
Foot ton. (Mech.)

Defn: A unit of energy or work, being equal to the work done in raising one ton against the force of gravity through the height of one foot.

FOOT VALVE
Foot valve. (Mech.)

Defn: A suction valve or check valve at the lower end of a pipe; esp., such a valve in a steam-engine condenser opening to the air pump.

FOOTWAY
Foot"way`, n.

Defn: A passage for pedestrians only.

FOOTWORN
Foot"worn`, a.

Defn: Worn by, or weared in, the feet; as, a footworn path; a footworn traveler.

FOOTY
Foot"y, a.

1. Having foots, or settlings; as, footy oil, molasses, etc. [Eng.]

2. Poor; mean. [Prov. Eng.] C. Kingsley.

FOOZLE
Foo"zle, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Foozled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Foozling.] [Cf. G. fuseln to work badly or slowly.]

Defn: To bungle; to manage awkwardly; to treat or play unskillfully; as, to foozle a stroke in golf.

She foozles all along the course.
Century Mag.

FOOZLE
Foo"zle, n.

1. A stupid fellow; a fogy. [Colloq.]

2. Act of foozling; a bungling stroke, as in golf.

FOP Fop, n. Etym: [OE. foppe, fop, fool; cf. E. fob to cheat, G. foppen to make a fool of one, jeer, D. foppen.]

Defn: One whose ambition it is to gain admiration by showy dress; a coxcomb; an inferior dandy.

FOP-DOODLE
Fop"-doo`dle, n.

Defn: A stupid or insignaficant fellow; a fool; a simpleton. [R.]
Hudibras.

FOPLING
Fop"ling, n.

Defn: A petty fop. Landor.

FOPPERY
Fop"per*y, n.; pl. Fopperies. Etym: [From Fop.]

1. The behavior, dress, or other indication of a fop; coxcombry; affectation of show; showy folly.

2. Folly; foolery. Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter My sober house. Shak.

FOPPISH
Fop"pish, a.

Defn: Foplike; characteristic of a top in dress or manners; making an ostentatious display of gay clothing; affected in manners.

Syn.
— Finical; spruce; dandyish. See Finical.
— Fop"pish*ly, adv.
— Fop"pish*ness, n.

FOR-
For- (. Etym: [AS. for-; akin to D. & G. ver-, OHG. fir-, Icel. for-,
Goth. fra-, cf. Skr. para- away, Gr. far, adj. Cf. Fret to rub.]

Defn: A prefix to verbs, having usually the force of a negative or privative. It often implies also loss, detriment, or destruction, and sometimes it is intensive, meaning utterly, quite thoroughly, as in forbathe.

FOR For, prep. Etym: [AS. for, fore; akin to OS. for, fora, furi, D. voor, OHG. fora, G. vor, OHG. furi, G. für, Icel. fyrir, Sw. för, Dan. for, adv. för, Goth. faúr, faúra, L. pro, Gr. pra-. sq. root 202. Cf. Fore, First, Foremost, Forth, Pro-.]

Defn: In the most general sense, indicating that in consideration of, in view of, or with reference to, which anything is done or takes place.

1. Indicating the antecedent cause or occasion of an action; the motive or inducement accompanying and prompting to an act or state; the reason of anything; that on account of which a thing is or is done. With fiery eyes sparkling for very wrath. Shak. How to choose dogs for scent or speed. Waller. Now, for so many glorious actions done, For peace at home, and for the public wealth, I mean to crown a bowl for Cæsar's health. Dryden. That which we, for our unworthiness, are afraid to crave, our prayer is, that God, for the worthiness of his Son, would, notwithstanding, vouchsafe to grant. Hooker.

2. Indicating the remoter and indirect object of an act; the end or final cause with reference to which anything is, acts, serves, or is done. The oak for nothing ill, The osier good for twigs, the poplar for the mill. Spenser. It was young counsel for the persons, and violent counsel for the matters. Bacon. Shall I think the worls was made for one, And men are born for kings, as beasts for men, Not for protection, but to be devoured Dryden. For he writes not for money, nor for praise. Denham.

3. Indicating that in favor of which, or in promoting which, anything is, or is done; hence, in behalf of; in favor of; on the side of; — opposed to against. We can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth. 2 Cor. xiii. 8. It is for the general good of human society, and consequently of particular persons, to be true and just; and it is for men's health to be temperate. Tillotson. Aristotle is for poetical justice. Dennis.

4. Indicating that toward which the action of anything is directed, or the point toward which motion is made; We sailed from Peru for China and Japan. Bacon.

5. Indicating that on place of or instead of which anything acts or serves, or that to which a substitute, an equivalent, a compensation, or the like, is offered or made; instead of, or place of. And if any mischief follow, then thou shalt give life for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot. Ex. xxi. 23, 24.

6. Indicating that in the character of or as being which anything is regarded or treated; to be, or as being. We take a falling meteor for a star. Cowley. If a man can be fully assured of anything for a truth, without having examined, what is there that he may not embrace for truLocke. Most of our ingenious young men take up some cried-up English poet for their model. Dryden. But let her go for an ungrateful woman. Philips.

7. Indicating that instead of which something else controls in the performing of an action, or that in spite of which anything is done, occurs, or is; hence, equivalent to notwithstanding, in spite of; — generally followed by all, aught, anything, etc. The writer will do what she please for all me. Spectator. God's desertion shall, for aught he knows, the next minute supervene. Dr. H. More. For anything that legally appears to the contrary, it may be a contrivance to fright us. Swift.

8. Indicating the space or time through which an action or state extends; hence, during; in or through the space or time of. For many miles about There 's scarce a bush. Shak. Since, hired for life, thy servile muse sing. prior. To guide the sun's bright chariot for a day. Garth.

9. Indicating that in prevention of which, or through fear of which, anything is done. [Obs.] We 'll have a bib, for spoiling of thy doublet. Beau. & Fl. For, or As for, so far as concerns; as regards; with reference to; — used parenthetically or independently. See under As. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord. Josh. xxiv. 15. For me, my stormy voyage at an end, I to the port of death securely tend. Dryden. — For all that, notwithstanding; in spite of. — For all the world, wholly; exactly. "Whose posy was, for all the world, like cutlers' poetry." Shak. — For as much as, or Forasmuch as, in consideration that; seeing that; since. — For by. See Forby, adv. — For ever, eternally; at all times. See Forever. — For me, or For all me, as far as regards me. — For my life, or For the life of me, if my life depended on it. [Colloq.] T. Hook. — For that, For the reason that, because; since. [Obs.] "For that I love your daughter." Shak. — For thy, or Forthy Etym: [AS. for, for this; on this account. [Obs.] "Thomalin, have no care for thy." Spenser. — For to, as sign of infinitive, in order to; to the end of. [Obs., except as sometimes heard in illiterate speech.] — "What went ye out for to see" Luke vii. 25. See To, prep., 4. — O for, would that I had; may there be granted; — elliptically expressing desire or prayer. "O for a muse of fire." Shak. — Were it not for, or If it were not for, leaving out of account; but for the presence or action of. "Moral consideration can no way move the sensible appetite, were it not for the will." Sir M. Hale.

FOR
For, conj.

1. Because; by reason that; for that; indicating, in Old English, the reason of anything. And for of long that way had walkéd none, The vault was hid with plants and bushes hoar. Fairfax. And Heaven defend your good souls, that you think I will your serious and great business scant, For she with me. Shak.

2. Since; because; introducing a reason of something before advanced, a cause, motive, explanation, justification, or the like, of an action related or a statement made. It is logically nearly equivalent to since, or because, but connects less closely, and is sometimes used as a very general introduction to something suggested by what has gone before. Give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good; for his mercy endureth forever. Ps. cxxxvi. 1. Heaven doth with us as we with torches do, Not light them for themselves; for if our virtues Did not go forth of us, 't were all alike As if we had them not. Shak. For because, because. [Obs.] "Nor for because they set less store by their own citizens." Robynson (More's Utopia). — For why. (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. [Obs.] (b) Because. [Obs.] See Forwhy.

Syn.
— See Because.

FOR
For, n.

Defn: One who takes, or that which is said on, the affrimative side; that which is said in favor of some one or something; — the antithesis of against, and commonly used in connection with it. The fors and against. those in favor and those opposed; the pros and the cons; the advantages and the disadvantages. Jane Austen.

FORAGE For"age (; 48), n. Etym: [OF. fourage, F. fourrage, fr. forre, fuerre, fodder, straw, F. feurre, fr. LL. foderum, fodrum, of German or Scand, origin; cf. OHG. fuotar, G. futter. See Fodder food, and cf. Foray.]

1. The act of foraging; search for provisions, etc.
He [the lion] from forage will incline to play. Shak.
One way a band select from forage drives A herd of beeves, fair oxen
and fair kine. Milton.
Mawhood completed his forage unmolested. Marshall.

2. Food of any kind for animals, especially for horses and cattle, as grass, pasture, hay, corn, oats. Dryden. Forage cap. See under Cap. — Forage master (Mil.), a person charged with providing forage and the means of transporting it. Farrow.

FORAGE
For"age, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Foraged ; p. pr. & vb. n. Foraging.]

Defn: To wander or rove in search of food; to collect food, esp. forage, for horses and cattle by feeding on or stripping the country; to ravage; to feed on spoil. His most mighty father on a hill Stood smiling to behold his lion's whelp Forage in blood of French nobility. Shak. Foraging ant (Zoöl.), one of several species of ants of the genus Eciton, very abundant in tropical America, remarkable for marching in vast armies in search of food. — Foraging cap, a forage cap. — Foraging party, a party sent out after forage.

FORAGE
For"age, v. t.

Defn: To strip of provisions; to supply with forage; as, to forage steeds. Pope.

FORAGER
For"a*ger, n.

Defn: One who forages.

FORALITE
For"a*lite, n. Etym: [L. forare to bore + -lite.] (Geol.)

Defn: A tubelike marking, occuring in sandstone and other strata.

FORAMEN Fo*ra"men, n.; pl. L. Foramina, E. Foramines. Etym: [L., fr. forare to bore, pierce.]

Defn: A small opening, perforation, or orifice; a fenestra. Foramen of Monro (Anat.), the opening from each lateral into the third ventricle of the brain. — Foramen of Winslow (Anat.), the opening connecting the sac of the omentum with the general cavity of the peritoneum.

FORAMINATED
Fo*ram"i*na`ted, a. Etym: [L. foraminatus.]

Defn: Having small opening, or foramina.

FORAMINIFER
For`a*min"i*fer, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: One of the foraminifera.

FORAMINIFERA Fo*ram`i*nif"e*ra, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. foramen, -aminis, a foramen + ferre to bear.] (Zoöl.)

Defn: An extensive order of rhizopods which generally have a chambered calcareous shell formed by several united zooids. Many of them have perforated walls, whence the name. Some species are covered with sand. See Rhizophoda.

FORAMINIFEROUS
Fo*ram`i*nif"er*ous, a.

1. Having small openings, or foramina.

2. Pertaining to, or composed of, Foraminifera; as, foraminiferous mud.

FORAMINOUS
Fo*ram"i*nous, a. Etym: [L. foraminosus.]

Defn: Having foramina; full of holes; porous. Bacon.

FORASMUCH
For`as*much", comj.

Defn: In consideration that; seeing that; since; because that; — followed by as. See under For, prep.

FORAY
For"ay, n. Etym: [Another form of forahe. Cf. Forray.]

Defn: A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any
irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid. Spenser.
The huge Earl Doorm, . . . Bound on a foray, rolling eyes of prey.
Tennyson.

FORAY
For"ay, v. t.

Defn: To pillage; to ravage.
He might foray our lands. Sir W. Scott.

FORAYER
For"ay*er ( or ), n.

Defn: One who makes or joins in a foray. They might not choose the lowand road, For the Merse forayers were abroad. Sir W. Scott.

FORBADE
For*bade",

Defn: imp. of Forbid.

FORBATHE
For*bathe", v. t.

Defn: To bathe. [Obs.]

FORBEAR
For*bear", n. Etym: [See Fore, and Bear to produce.]

Defn: An ancestor; a forefather; — usually in the plural. [Scot.]
"Your forbears of old." Sir W. Scott.

FORBEAR For*bear", v. i. [imp. Forbore (Forbare (, [Obs.]); p. p. Forborne; p. pr. & vb. n. Forbearing.] Etym: [OE. forberen, AS. forberan; pref. for- + beran to bear. See Bear to support.]

1. To refrain from proceeding; to pause; to delay. Shall I go against Ramoth-gilead to battle, or shall I forbear 1 Kinds xxii. 6.

2. To refuse; to decline; to give no heed. Thou shalt speak my words unto them, whether they will hear, or whether they will forbear. Ezek. ii. 7.

3. To control one's self when provoked.
The kindest and the happiest pair Will find occasion to forbear.
Cowper.
Both bear and forbear. Old Proverb.

FORBEAR
For*bear", v. t.

1. To keep away from; to avoid; to abstain from; to give up; as, to forbear the use of a word of doubdtful propriety. But let me that plunder forbear. Shenstone. The King In open battle or the tilting field Forbore his own advantage. Tennyson.

2. To treat with consideration or indulgence. Forbearing one another in love. Eph. iv. 2.

3. To cease from bearing. [Obs.] Whenas my womb her burden would forbear. Spenser.

FORBEARANCE
For*bear"ance, n.